Obama Urges Action to Help With Dam
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Published: August 16, 2007
Rockford Register Star by Bob Schaper
ROCKFORD — Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is urging Congress to pass the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, which would provide money to strengthen and repair Alpine Dam in northeast Rockford.
“As Rockford and Winnebago County residents recover from the destruction caused by last week’s flooding, we must ensure our communities cannot only rebuild homes and repair infrastructure, but also safeguard themselves from future natural disasters,” Obama said in a Wednesday statement. “The legislation currently before the Senate will provide Illinois water infrastructure priorities with the resources required to reinforce our dams, locks and ecosystem restoration projects from extreme flooding.”