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Merced County pushes forward with long-delayed flood control project

Posted by: Maven on March 2, 2010 at 7:11 am

From the Merced Sun-Star:

“A flood control program for Merced County that was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1944 is still incomplete.

To this day, there’s no flood control structure at Black Rascal Creek to keep the destructive waters from flowing into homes, as they did in 2006.

That work has been stalled because the flood control project has been under evaluation with the Army Corps of Engineers since the late 1990s.

Last week, to move the project forward, the county signed a $95,000 consultant contract with Peterson Brustad, Inc., a company that provides engineering services on water projects.

“They have a very long success record of helping agencies, who, for various reasons, just can’t finish a project,” said Kellie Jacobs, an administrative engineer for Merced County. “This is what they do. And that’s not what we do full time.” … “

Read more from the Merced Sun-Star by clicking here.

March 2, 2010 · Filed Under Flood Control/Stormwater, San Joaquin Valley

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