For the 25th year, the Red River Watershed Management Board and Flood Damage Reduction Work Group hosted a joint conference. RRWMB Executive Director Rob Sip provided a legislative update. “We are requesting $57 million in bonding dollars for flood mitigation,” said Sip. “If we get the dollars to get some of these projects done, we could get about 100,000 acres of new water storage of the ground.” With no or minimal flooding anticipated this spring, the importance of flood mitigation projects can be forgotten. “With flood infrastructure, these projects can take 20 years from beginning to end.”
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