PRESS RELEASE
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
MONTEVIDEO FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECT STAGE 3,
CITY OF MONTEVIDEO, CHIPPEWA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
The City of Montevideo and the St. Paul District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are planning to complete the final stage of the Montevideo Section 205 Flood Risk Management Project in the city of Montevideo over the next couple years. The City of Montevideo is the non-Federal sponsor for the project. The City of Montevideo was recently notified by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources that a flood mitigation grant agreement for $2.7 million in state boding funds will be awarded soon to complete the project.
Construction on the project has been proceeding in stages since 2009 as funding has become available. The Stage 3 work includes raising the 1969 levee both north and south of Highway 212/3; raising River Road SW; construction of gatewell 2 and its outlet ditch at the 1969 levee south of Highway 212/3; construction of an interior drainage ponding area bounded by River Road SW on the east, by the 1969 levee on the south, and by Gravel Road on the north; construction of a railroad closure structure where the railroad tracks cross Trunk Highway 7/29 at the existing levee near the Chippewa River. In order to comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the Corps will conduct archeological mitigation excavation next spring in the gatewell 2 outlet ditch alignment prior to construction of that feature.
For further information contact City Manager, City of Montevideo
