Billings canal repaired and flowing Wednesday after weekend overflow
MTN News / Mitch Lagge
The Billings Bench Water Association canal that runs parallel to the Rimrocks near the North Side of town.
and last updated 2021-06-09 12:19:36-04
BILLINGS â Water flow to the Billings Bench Water Association canal was turned back on Wednesday morning after it had been dry since Sunday when it was shut off for an overflow emergency, said Jim Stott, president of the Billings Bench Water Association.
Water had been diverted at Canyon Creek since Sunday, when a tunnel blockage caused the canal to overflow into a North Side neighborhood and forced the evacuation of about 96 residences.
Two flood-control projects in the city of Jersey Village are moving forward after city council members unanimously approved two contracts at a Feb. 22 meeting.
The projects which have been part of city plans since the city adopted a long-range flood plan in 2017 include a four-foot earthen barrier that will be built around the Jersey Meadow Golf Course at a cost of $1.3 million and a series of drainage improvements on some of the city s most flood prone streets Wall, Crawford, Carlsbad and Tahoe streets as well as Capri Drive at the cost of $5.7 million. The city is contracting with SER Construction Partners on the drainage project and with Greenscapes Six LLC on the golf course project.
Ganged up on : Neighbours plot to cut berm in wealthy suburb
13 Jan, 2021 05:38 PM
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Dunedin resident Stephanie Haworth sits on a grass verge outside her Maori Hill home, which was mown against her wishes. Photo / Stephen Jaquiery
Dunedin resident Stephanie Haworth sits on a grass verge outside her Maori Hill home, which was mown against her wishes. Photo / Stephen Jaquiery
Otago Daily Times
A woman living in one of Dunedin s wealthiest suburbs is receiving backlash from nearby residents over a decision not to mow the grass berm in front of her home.
Maori Hill resident Stephanie Haworth stopped mowing the berm in front of her Claremont St property after learning about the positive effect on the environment of allowing the grass to grow.
A small group of people, led by the activist group Central Oregon Peacekeepers, attempted Wednesday to flatten a dirt and boulder berm that was put up to block an unofficial