An article on Tuesday about a beach restoration project in Sea Bright, N.J., misstated the storm damage that the Corps of Engineers estimates the project would prevent.
The Corps of Engineers estimates that the remediation will take up to 15 years to complete and cost in excess of US$100 million.
By 1912 the Corps estimated that Cape Charles harbor handled 2,500,000 tons of freight a year.
The Corps of Engineers estimates that 70 percent of 1,100 private levees failed.
The Corps of Engineers estimated that raising the bridge would produce a $3.3 billion dollar national benefit, noting that 12% of all US international containers pass under the bridge.
If the cost of treating the mud to remove toxic material is added to the bill, the Corps has estimated that it would cost about $265 million, on the average, to clean up one million cubic yards.
The Corps estimated the New Orleans area was more than 80 percent unwatered.
But he opposes a proposed Corps of Engineers project for 220 beach houses at Westhampton, L.I., where the Corps estimates construction costs at about $60 million.
Some flooding occurs almost every year, and the Corps of Engineers estimates that a record flood, like that of 1903, would cause $2 billion in damages.
The Corps of Engineers estimates that the project can be completed as early as 2014.