Nov. 7, 2006
Media advisory: Sims to view flood damage, urge support for flood protection upgrades
Please join King County Executive Ron Sims at the Snoqualmie Falls overlook at 10:30 a.m. today as he urges support for fixing and strengthening the county’s aging public safety infrastructure.
Sims will be joined by County Councilmember Reagan Dunn as he views flood damage in the Snoqualmie Valley.
Sims submitted a plan to the County Council in July that identifies a range of $179 million to $335 million in priority repairs and upgrades over the next decade, and recommends creating a countywide flood control district to fund the plan. Under the recommendation, the owner of a $300,000 home in King County would pay from $15 to $30 per year, depending on how much of the priority flood protection work is funded.
King County maintains a levee system that runs along 119 miles of rivers, protects lives and property located in the 25,000 acres of floodplain in King County and more than $7 billion in economic infrastructure.
Directions to Snoqualmie Falls overlook
- Head east on I-90 (22.9 miles)
- Take the Highway 18 W exit - EXIT 25. (0.2 miles)
- Turn LEFT (at the bottom of the ramp) onto Highway 18/SE SNOQUALMIE PKWY. (3.7 miles)
- Turn LEFT onto RAILROAD AVE SE / WA-202. Continue to follow WA-202. (0.8 miles)
- The overlook to the falls is in the park, WA-202
Brian Sleight (L) and Dennis Clark from DNRP’s Water and Land Resource Division talk with homeowners on the Tolt River near North Bend who are sandbagging around their homes as the Tolt begins to top the Reif Road levee.
Additional flood information
- Video: Preston road collapses into Raging River
- Video: Scenes from the flood (Windows Media Format)
- Flood photo gallery
- Regional Public Information Center flood alerts
- Transit information
- Road closures
- River levels via the flood warning system
- How to prepare for a flood
- Flooding topics
- Flooding, stormwater and wastewater climate change
- Global warming initiative
Related flood news from King County
- Disposal fees for residents with flood damage waived Nov. 18-19
- Joint information center closed
- Sims proposes to waive disposal fees
- Flood patrol teams monitoring rivers
- Preston bridge saved; road damaged
- Planned water releases continue
- White River flows increase, creating moderate flooding conditions
- Dangerous conditions persist even as river levels drop
- King County Flood update: Green, Cedar flows remain high
- Executive Sims visits flood areas in King County
- Additional Emergency Shelters open in Bellevue and Renton
- Need for residents to report flood damages
- Flood levels rise on Cedar, Green rivers
- Flood underscores need for upgrades
- Record flows recorded on Snoqualmie
- Sims to view flood damage
- Flooding in North Bend causes poll closure
- Major flood impacts remain
- Widespread road closures will impact Election Day voting on Tuesday
- Flood evacuations near North Bend
- Executive issues flood proclamation
- Snoqualmie Elementary polling place closed
- Rivers at phase IV flood alert
- Heavy rains closing county roads
- King County Emergency Coordination Center activated in response to flooding
- Heavy rain causing hazardous travel conditions throughout King County