Plans are in the works for a new housing development near Southwest 40th and West A streets — and those plans proved to be a saving grace for the youth
A new housing development near Southwest 40th and West A streets will include flood mitigation work that will also allow the youth sports complex project to proceed.
Lincoln considers steps to avoid flooding
RILEY JOHNSON, Lincoln Journal Star
April 11, 2021
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Lincoln’s defenses against Salt Creek flooding will face a stiffer test against heavier rains in the future, a study commissioned by the city found.
The city installed the Salt Creek levee system in the 1960s to withstand a 50-year flood, or a flow that has a 2% annual chance of occurring, the study said.
Since then, the city has had three floods equal to or exceeding a 50-year flood level and one, in May 2015, that exceeded the 100-year flood level.
“It’s protected us pretty well so far,” Lincoln’s Assistant Director for Utilities Donna Garden told the Lincoln Journal Star in an interview last week.