Congressman Dennis Cardoza
18th Congressional District of California

WASHINGTON – Congressman Cardoza announced today $500,000 to provide significant flood protection and preventing in Merced. The funds will be used to construct a detention basin one mile north of the Fairfield Canal to reduce flood flows from Black Rascal Creek into Bear Creek.

“Environmental impacts have blocked progress on our efforts to control flooding in Merced along Black Rascal Creek in the past,” said Congressman Cardoza. “I am extremely pleased to see this effort finally moving forward.”

Substantial flooding along Bear Creek in the City of Merced has occurred during recent years, most recently in 2006. The project is expected to substantially reduce, if not eliminate, the flooding in the City of Merced.