CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon coastal town hopes to put its new City Hall on stilts.
Cannon Beach would become the first U.S. city to raise a municipal building to withstand the major earthquake and tsunami scientists say are coming sooner rather than later.
The $4 million building the city proposes in Cannon Beach would have room for as many as 1,500 people, and could save lives.
Cannon Beach is working with Oregon State to design its proposed 9,800-square-foot City Hall. Recently at a university lab in Corvallis, city leaders and representatives of several other coastal communities watched simulated waves crash against a model of the City Hall building.
Washington and Oregon state experts say it could become a model for other communities.
