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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Iowa City to seek funding for levee
Gregg Hennigan
Jul. 12, 2010 10:34 pm
The City Council voted 7-0 Monday night to apply for state funds to help build a levee to protect flood-prone Baculis and Thatcher mobile home parks.
The city will seek state I-JOBS funding for the $3.8 million project. It hopes to get $2.1 million from the state program, with the city picking up at least $1.7 million of the tab.
The 2,700-foot-long levee would run along the west side of the Iowa River between McCollister Boulevard and the CRANDIC railroad tracks in southern Iowa City.
There are about 160 mobile homes and 400 residents combined in Baculis and Thatcher. The levee also would protect 20 businesses on Commercial Court, according to the city.
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