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Lynn Larsen and Richard “Red” Geurts Comments to the USACE re: Fargo Moorhead Dam and Diversion

February 15, 2012January 20, 2013adminLeave a Comment

Fargo leaders have left a paper trail that clearly indicates that the diversion is not flood protection but a long range growth plan. This growth plan takes established communities and wipes them away to ensure that Fargo has no competition for development. If Fargo wanted to protect the residents they would not have allowed recent development in high flood risk areas. The charter of the Army Corps of Engineers does not allow work done to promote growth of one community over another.

ND Governor Jack Dalrymple Comments to the USACE re: Fargo Moorhead Dam and Diversion

January 26, 2012February 27, 2012adminLeave a Comment

This plan, which was proposed by Fargo and Cass County officials, would not only affect stakeholders in the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area, but would also affect upstream and downstream stakeholders as well. To ensure the incerests of all stakeholders are considered, I request that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers carefully consider all comments submitted regarding the FEIS when selecting and implementing a final flood protection plan for the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan area.

Court Determines USACE Design Defective

January 20, 2012February 9, 2020Marcus LarsonLeave a Comment

Coffer Dams have been designed and used for centuries. In fact, nearly every structure that crosses water or building that is designed where water intrusion would impede construction utilizes coffer dams for safety and security. On December 20, 2011 the United States Court of Federal Claims, case Martin Construction Co. v. United States, found the […]

Meeting with CH2M and AE2S

January 12, 2012February 27, 2012Admin2Leave a Comment

This is report from members of the MNDak Upstream Coalition who meet with the project managers for the Fargo Moorhead Dam and Diversion project (some text was removed for clarity.) We met with the engineers from the CH2M yesterday afternoon. Rodger Olsen was also there. They had contacted me late last week about discussing ag […]