- NEWS RELEASE
- January 3, 2005
Mill
Creek Flood Study Finished
 The Army Corps of
Engineers has issued the following release concerning the Mill
Creek Flood Study, public review and comment information, GRR
Public Open House, and the Mill Creek Watershed Council GRR Stakeholder
Meeting:
Mill
Creek Flood Study Finished
The Army
Corps of Engineers has finished the flood damage reduction study
for Mill Creek, Ohio and has issued the draft General Re-evaluation
Report (GRR) and draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).
The GRR tentatively recommends the modified channel alternative
as the Corps' preferred plan. This option combines bioengineering
practices, natural channel design elements and some traditional
engineering practices where needed. The modified channel alternative
will involve some channel widening to achieve the volume necessary
to accommodate the 100-year flood event. The proposed costs for
this alternative rang from $607-$622 million.
At this time,
the deep tunnel alternative (the locally preferred option since
2000) with an estimated cost of $1.6 billion will be too expensive
to fund using the proposed 65%/35% federal/local cost structure.
This would mean the loss of the combined sewer overflow (CSO)
mitigation component of the Corps project.
The public
review period is open and written comments will be accepted until
January 31, 2005.
The document
can be viewed at the following public library locations:
- Main Branch,
800 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Government & Business Dept
- Elmwood
Place Branch, 6120 Vine St.
- Cincinnati
Clifton Branch, 351 Ludlow Ave.
- Cincinnati
Reading Branch, 9001 Reading Rd.
- Reading
St. Bernard Branch, 4803 Tower Ave.
St. Bernard
Sharonville Branch, 10980 Thornview Dr., Sharonville
(The lengthy
(9-volume) report is available for viewing and downloading at
the Army Corps Mill Creek webpage under the "GRR December
2004" link after December 20, 2004.)
Army
Corps of Engineers Mill Creek GRR Public Open House
The Army
Corps of Engineers Mill Creek GRR Public Open House on January
6th at the Evendale Recreation Center (10700 Reading Road) between
11:00 am and 8:30 pm. Corps representatives will be on hand with
displays and exhibits related to the project. They will also
accept comments on the report.
Mill
Creek Watershed Council GRR Stakeholder Meeting
A Mill Creek
Watershed Council GRR Stakeholder Meeting is planned for 7:00
pm on Thursday, January 20th in the City of Sharonville Council
Chambers (10500 Reading Road) to provide watershed communities,
businesses, organizations and residents with an opportunity to
ask questions, express their opinions, and assess local willingness
to support the proposed alternative(s).
For more
information call the Mill Creek Watershed Council office at 513.563.8800.
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