The Boston Globe does a deep dive on Morrissey Boulevard.

If you’ve ever sat in traffic—or floated through a rainstorm—on Morrissey Boulevard, you know this stretch of road has been a headache for decades. Between flooding, crazy traffic, and long-delayed construction promises, it’s been the ultimate “we’ll get to it soon” project for city and state officials.

Morrissey Boulevard stands as one of the clearest signs of how climate change is already impacting Boston. The century-old roadway that hugs Malibu Beach near Savin Hill wasn’t built for today’s rising seas — and it shows. During king tides and stronger, more frequent storms, sections of Morrissey are now regularly swallowed by water, turning commutes into detours and reminding us just how vulnerable our coastline has become.

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