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Reno: Army mistake delays congressional OK for Truckee River flood control project

Posted by: Maven on February 6, 2010 at 6:50 am

From the Reno Gazette-Journal:

“Errors made while rushing through a flood plan for the Truckee River will delay congressional approval by another year, possibly endangering Reno and Sparks with more floods before the project is ever built, officials say.

The delay until 2012 of federal authorization of the Truckee River Flood Project is the latest in a series for the long-discussed flood-control effort, designed to prevent disasters like the flood of January 1997.

As a result, officials said, the Truckee Meadows and its residents remain in danger.

“This keeps moving back,” said Ron Smith, a Sparks councilman who serves on a local coalition pursuing the flood project. “We’ve got a lot of risk out there and this is unacceptable.” … “

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February 6, 2010 · Filed Under Flood Control/Stormwater, Las Vegas & Nevada

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