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Cleaning up levees could cost billions: To meet standard, thousands of trees would be removed

Posted by: Maven on January 18, 2010 at 7:10 am

From the Stockton Record:

“Here’s how federal flood control officials say a levee should look: It should have no brush or trees, but only trimmed grass, extending 15 feet in both directions from the “toe,” or bottom, of the levee.

Central Valley levees, then, need an awful lot of work.

Those who maintain local levees say meeting the new standard by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could cost several billion dollars up and down the Valley, whose levees are lined by thousands of trees.

Failure to comply could make these levees deficient in the eyes of the Corps, resulting in a loss of funding for rehabilitation in the event of a flood. It could also lead to mandatory flood insurance for residents protected by the levees.

The Corps says it will not enforce the standard until at least 2012, when a new flood protection plan for the entire Valley is supposed to be finished. … “

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January 18, 2010 · Filed Under Levees

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