Posted on June 23, 2016
Minot-area officials will ask the state for another $119 million in the next biennium’s budget for flood protection work.
The money would go towards the $250 million cost of the project.
Officials say completing the first four phases of the project will protect 60 percent of the city’s population from flooding.
State legislators had set aside $40 million for the project for the current budget period, under a cost-share agreement in which the state kicks in 60 percent. The city wants that increased to 75 percent in the next budget.
The 2011 flood of the Souris River caused $700 million in damage in the city.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a study for permanent flood protection, that could cost up to $1 billion.
Source: kyfrtv.com
