Contacts:  
Corps of Engineers Public Affairs, 206-764-3750

SEATTLE – The Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, finished restoring flood protection at area levees this week. 

Repair work started on the levees this summer.  Work to repair the levees included the investigation of damages, estimates of repair costs, engineering design of repair work, and construction.

In 2008, the Corps repaired 15 levees in Idaho, Montana and Washington.  Levee repairs began last year and will continue into 2009.
The levees repaired include:

 Project Name                                 River Basin

Granite Creek	Granite
Dykstra Levee, Left Bank	Green
Galli's Levee	Green
Kent Shops - Narita, Right Bank	Green
Meyers Golf	Green
Tukwila 205 - Segale Levee	Green
Mason-Thorson Ells	Snoqualmie
Mason-Thorson Ext.	Snoqualmie
McElhoe Pearson	Snoqualmie
Raging Bridge to Mouth, Right Bank	Snoqualmie
Deming	Nooksack
Lightning Creek	Clark Fork
Callahan Creek	Callahan
Long Road	Chehalis
Airport Levee	Chehalis

                          
For more information on the Corps, visit the Seattle District Web site at www.nws.usace.army.mil and select Levees in the Corps Topics box, top right hand corner.