Hurricane exposed flaws in protection of tunnels

New York Times: Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Sandy struck, the vital arteries that bring cars, trucks and subways into New York City's transportation network have recovered, with one major exception: the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel remains closed. The devastation there has underscored how major tunnels across the region are poorly protected from extreme weather and how they will need significant modifications to prevent such catastrophic failures in the future. The tunnel's general manager, Marc Mende, recounting...

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