FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Last year’s flooding along the Missouri River has delayed a flood control study for Fremont.
The Fremont Tribune (http://bit.ly/L8IAgC ) says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers initially thought the delay would be about six months. Now, officials say it’s closer to a year.
Mark Nelson is the corps’ project manager of the dike project, which is intended to take Fremont, Inglewood and parts of Dodge County out of the Platte River flood plain.
Nelson says the impact of last year’s flooding was “enormous” and the Fremont project isn’t the only study that was delayed. He says the corps will be busy with planning and study matters into 2013, but anticipates a public meeting on the Fremont project in December.
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Information from: Fremont Tribune, http://www.fremontneb.com
