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Questions continue about construction of Olney Creek levee

Posted by: Maven on December 27, 2009 at 7:35 am

From redding.com, website of the Record Searchlight:

“The Olney Creek dike was never constructed as envisioned. But the earthen berm apparently was built according to plans developed 30 years ago, city documents show.

That distinction may not matter much to 648 south Redding households just east of the dike who learned earlier this year that they are losing their flood protection and will have to purchase expensive insurance.

Some of those residents suspect the city allowed a developer to do less work than required or needed for permission to build the Bonnyview Meadows subdivision in a flood plain. Others wonder why the dike has gaps to the north and south.

“It certainly would have made sense to take it all the way up to Sacramento Drive and all the way south to Girvan Road,” said Don Matlin, a resident who lives in what will soon be considered a flood zone. … “

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December 27, 2009 · Filed Under Northern California

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