By Mark Binder on March 2, 2015
The first thing that popped into my head when I heard that there were plans to move the Pawsox to downtown Providence near the river was, “Didn’t anybody check out that CRMC/URI flood map?”
And apparently nobody did. I’ve seen articles in the paper. I’ve even tweeted reporters. Nobody’s asking the question, “Is this stadium going to be built on stilts?”
Here’s my mock-up of the location of the stadium cobbled together from the rough info we’ve received, plus an overlay of the flood zone maps.
This map assumes sea level rises and storm surges. It doesn’t have potential hurricane or the 100 year flood levels.
So, here’s the pitch question…
“What are the new Sox owner’s plans to deal with or mitigate flooding during and after construction of a proposed stadium?”
Disclosures: I love baseball. I love Providence. I like the Pawsox. I don’t like public subsidies of businesses that will make millions and return little in the way of revenue and long-term growth/momentum to a city. Oh, and I’m not a GIS mapper…
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Posted in Featured, Providence, Rhode Island, Sports | Tagged Economic Development, flood, I-195, PawSox, pawtucket red sox, sea level rise |
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Mark has been an occasional candidate for public office. In his last election, he won 43% of the vote against the sitting Speaker of the RI House of Representatives, despite being outspent 10 to 1.
In 2012, he ran as the independent candidate for House District 4 against the Speaker of the House, receiving more than 40% of the vote while outspent by his opponent 20 to 1. He ran for Congress in 2004.
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