By the Numbers. Containing Hurricane Storm Surge

Where: Charleston, SC

What: a Proposed seawall to protect the city from Hurricane Storm Surge

What are the numbers behind the sea wall?

• $1.75- $2.2 billion-dollar cost for a seawall around the lower Charleston peninsula
• Cost to the City:  $600 million of total cost
• 9-miles lone
• 12-feet-tall sea wall fortification
• 3 years studying the sea wall proposal by the Army Corps of Engineers
• 1/2 of the city’s  historic structures are at high risk for ruin in storm surge
• 100 structures have been identified to be lifted off the ground in addition to the sea wall for a $6.725 million cost

ABC 4 News | Billion-dollar seawall around Charleston proposed to battle future hurricane storm surge