MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Sept. 29, 2008 -- Muscatine Mayor Richard O'Brien
and the commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island
District, Col. Robert Sinkler, signed the Mad Creek flood risk
management Project Partnering Agreement today which officially kicks
off the construction of the project.
The nearly $9 million project will provide flood protection for the
area from Geneva Creek to the confluence of Mad Creek with the
Mississippi River. This low-lying area is subject to flash flooding
and incorporates a mix of commercial, industrial and residential
properties and a recently designated historical district in downtown
Muscatine.
Major components of the Mad Creek project include raising
approximately 2,300 feet of existing levees and 1,700 feet of
existing floodwalls along Mad Creek and the Mississippi River just
downstream of Mad Creek by about 2 feet, the construction of 230
feet of new floodwall, construction of a new bulkhead closure gate
to replace the existing panel closure at Mississippi Drive,
replacing the existing floodgate at Second Street with a roller
closure gate, and improving the channel of Mad Creek just upstream
of 2nd Street. The project also includes installation of an
improved flood-warning system.
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