Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real Estate Law Blog
- Whose turn is it to take out the trash? With no “rules” about floating debris, the Headquarters for Ocean Policy is faced with a dilemma – who should bear the cost of cleaning up the millions of tons of debris that originated in Japan after the tsunami and is expected to land on the U.S. west coast in the fall? The floating debris pile approaching the U.S. includes, among other things, houses and cars.
- And in other floating-related news…the government of the Maldives has decided to replace the sinking islands with man-made floating islands. Designers plan “to construct the floating islands in India or the Middle East and tow them to the Maldives to reduce costs.”
- Meanwhile, on solid ground… engineers report the Washington Monument did not sink during the earthquake that hit DC last year. We previously reported on this issue here.