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We are confident that if we stay united as a community, the dam component of Fargo’s Diversion plan will be defeated and we will have protected our homes, our schools and our way of life.
Continue ReadingIt appears that the current plan would have the metro area solve their problems at the expense of their neighbors both up stream and downstream. Why implement a plan that only causes more problems in other areas?
Continue ReadingThe cost of a Diversion Channel is appalling compared to what it would cost to create eco friendlier alternative measures.
Continue ReadingThe Oxbow City Council reaffirms its strong opposition to the dam and water storage reservoir and expresses its strong support for the objectives and purposes of the Richland/Wilkin Joint Powers Authority (“JPA”), and pledges its pro-active participation and financial commitment to the JPA.
Continue ReadingFargo’s greatest threat is not the Richland Wilkin JPA. It’s Fargo and Cass County leaders, the Diversion Authority and the Corps driving future development, into a natural flood plain buffer, for an elite group of land developers.
Continue ReadingCall it trite journalism or reckless propaganda, but Fargo’s local leading media outlets are overlooking a substantial legal entity mounting in Fargo’s intentionally targeted dumping ground for water. Currently there are political entities in four counties crossing borders into two states that have joined the Richland Wilkin JPA. An agreement that exemplifies the opposition to […]
Continue ReadingThere must be a better way. The project would negatively affect my farming. It would also ruin the land where the tie-back levee goes in.
Continue ReadingWhy should Fargo’s poor planning and reckless development of a flood plain, caving into the economic interests of Fargo, Mayor Walaker, and his political cronies be rewarded? Their past development decisions have proven extremely negligent and stupid.
Continue ReadingI believe that the project, as put forth, is an unsustainable project. I don’t believe that the ACE is capable of either designing, building or maintaining a man built water system that will go over or under 5 different water sheds in a 36 mile man made route around a metro area.
Continue ReadingThe staging area presents a greater threat to the city of Fargo, ND due to excessive water levels held above the elevation of the entire city on historically unstable ground. It is generally accepted that populations that have permanent protection in place are less likely to evacuate because the flood protection offers an unwarranted sense of security that does not reflect a true flood risk specific to the given area.
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