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Iowa City releases draft report on controversial levee
A draft report of a study of a controversial levee proposed for Taft Speedway Street in Iowa City has been released.
The City Council last year hired HDR Engineering Inc. for $84,550 to study the effects of a levee, initially proposed at up to 10 feet high, on Taft Speedway along the Iowa River.
Click here to read the notebook post on this topic, including a full copy of the report.
The home of Carol Seydel (green house on right) sits between Taft Speedway and the Iowa River Friday, May 6, 2011 in Iowa City. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has ordered the city of Iowa City to further study the effects of building a 10 foot tall levee on Taft Speedway to protect the Idyllwild neighborhood which would leave Seydel's home and eight others on the wet side. (Brian Ray/The Gazette)
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