Representatives from the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida, City Manager Katie Koester and Mayor Beth Weldon are headed to Washington, D.C. this week to advocate for additional federal money to support a possible flood mitigation study.
Juneau residents testified at Monday’s Assembly meeting to call for flood preparation and prevention following last month’s record-breaking glacial outburst flood, which devastated parts of the Mendenhall Valley.
First, they’ll create more accurate and detailed inundation maps and models of the Mendenhall River. But the Assembly will need an additional $100,000 from the general fund to cover the cost of that work. They’ll discuss it further at a special Assembly meeting next Monday.for long-term flood prevention. Only a state or tribal government is able to commission the Corps. Gov. Mike Dunleavy and President Richard Peterson of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida have plans to do so.
City Manager Katie Koester and Mayor Beth Weldon are headed to Washington, D.C. this week, along with representatives from Tlingit and Haida. They’ll advocate for additional federal money to support a possible flood mitigation study by the Corps.
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