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>> colonel lars is the commander of the army corps of engineers in galveston and proposing building two giant moveable gates as storm surge barriers similar to ones in the netherlands that protect rotterd am port from the north sea. if approved congress the gates would be open for ship traffic but would close during big weather events like harvey. >> these are massive structures. >> actually they would be gigantic structures in the case of the structure being proposed here, it would be the largest navigation structure constructed in the world to date. >> the total cost would be $10 billion but...

Amount of water here that can get into galveston bay during a storm event? >> absolutely. then causing significant impacts further up. >> colonel lars that a strum is -- is proposing building two giant movable gates as storm surge barriers. it's similar to ones in the netherlands that protect rotted import from the north sea. it's approved by congress, the gates would be open for ship traffic, but would close during big weather events like harvey. >> these are massive structures. >> absolutely. they would be gigantic structures. in the case of the structure that's being proposed here, it would...

Get into galveston bay during a storm event? >> absolutely. then causing significant impacts further up. >> colonel lars that a strum is -- is proposing building two giant movable gates as storm surge barriers. it's similar to ones in the netherlands that protect rotted import from the north sea. it's approved by congress, the gates would be open for ship traffic, but would close during big weather events like harvey. >> these are massive structures. >> absolutely. they would be gigantic structures. in the case of the structure that's being proposed here, it would be the largest navigating str...

Get into galveston bay during a storm event? >> absolutely. then causing significant impacts further up. >> colonel lars that a strum is -- is proposing building two giant movable gates as storm surge barriers. it's similar to ones in the netherlands that protect rotted import from the north sea. it's approved by congress, the gates would be open for ship traffic, but would close during big weather events like harvey. >> these are massive structures. >> absolutely. they would be gigantic structures. in the case of the structure that's being proposed here, it would be the largest navigating str...