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NEW BEDFORD — The hurricane barrier is structurally sound and appears to meet all of the criteria that would lead to federal recertification, according to Ron Labelle, the city's Department of Public Infrastructure commissioner.
Labelle, citing a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers draft "evaluation summary" of the barrier he received last week, said "structurally and theoretically, it will meet its design capability." Read the complete story from The South Coast Today.
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."
