Hoeven Statement on Minnesota DNR & Army Corps Draft Environmental Reviews For Updated Comprehensive Flood-Protection Plan in Red River Valley

 

 Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Committee, Monday released the following statement after the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued draft environmental reviews for the comprehensive flood-protection plan for the Red River Valley, taking into account the new alignment for the southern embankment and the higher water flows through the Fargo-Moorhead metro area. Both the DNR and the Corps will accept public comment on the reviews through September 27, 2018.

“The Red River Valley needs the certainty of permanent, comprehensive flood protection,” said Hoeven. “The revised plan includes important compromises between the states of North Dakota and Minnesota, and we appreciate everyone who came together to move this effort forward. Now, we will continue working in the Senate to address the issue of FEMA easements, which impede the new alignment, while also advancing affordable financing under WIFIA and federal funding to support the construction of this flood protection.”