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Boston is starting to make changes to protect the city's waterfront from the rising sea levels.Along the bike pathway in East Boston, Alice Brown with the group Boston Harbor Now said there are tiny holes in the ground that can be used to anchor a temporary water-tight barrier and seal off the neighborhood the next time the harbor starts to flood.“If you came during a flood, this wall would appear out of nowhere. This area would still flood, but nothing behind it would. So all of the rest of the greenway and any of the flood pathways behind it would be protected,” Brown said. Boston adopted a plan in 2017 to prepare for sea-level rise.Recently the city installed posts around the Aquarium MBTA station entrance where temporary flood barriers can also be put in place. Along Langone Park in the North End, the Harborwalk has been raised four feet and a second seawall was added behind it.“Well, the rate of sea-level is picking up in places like Boston and elsewhere on the East Coast. Sea levels have risen about a half food in the last 30 years in the Boston area. And it's expected to increase a foot, foot and a half in the next 30,” said William Sweet of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Boston is starting to make changes to protect the city's waterfront from the rising sea levels.

Along the bike pathway in East Boston, Alice Brown with the group Boston Harbor Now said there are tiny holes in the ground that can be used to anchor a temporary water-tight barrier and seal off the neighborhood the next time the harbor starts to flood.

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“If you came during a flood, this wall would appear out of nowhere. This area would still flood, but nothing behind it would. So all of the rest of the greenway and any of the flood pathways behind it would be protected,” Brown said.

Boston adopted a plan in 2017 to prepare for sea-level rise.

Recently the city installed posts around the Aquarium MBTA station entrance where temporary flood barriers can also be put in place. Along Langone Park in the North End, the Harborwalk has been raised four feet and a second seawall was added behind it.

“Well, the rate of sea-level is picking up in places like Boston and elsewhere on the East Coast. Sea levels have risen about a half food in the last 30 years in the Boston area. And it's expected to increase a foot, foot and a half in the next 30,” said William Sweet of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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