Juneau Empire on MSN17d
Hundreds of property owners in flood zone may have to pay $7,972 apiece for Hesco barrier levee
Owners of 466 properties at risk of Mendenhall River flooding will be required to pay nearly $8,000 apiece for the ...
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Juneau’s flood fighting plan would cost Mendenhall Valley homeowners $8,000 each. Some of them don’t want it.
If the project fails to move forward, it could jeopardize federal support for more permanent flood mitigation, said City ...
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$2M for Hesco barriers OK’d by Assembly, but proposed flood-prevention project far from firmly set
An intensive and collaborative effort toward short- and long-term flood protection measures ... The memo states the Hesco ...
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Locals protesting $8K payment for temporary flood barriers told rejection may endanger permanent fix
Residents unhappy about a proposal requiring them to pay nearly $8,000 each to have military-grade flood barriers installed ...
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Residents express deluge of concerns about flood barriers as experts host meetings to offer advice
“There’s a whole bunch of flood protection options on the market ... was staffing a table where miniature replicas of the Hesco barriers being discussed were displayed. The actual barriers ...
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Juneau’s temporary flood fighting plan is underway. Some homeowners don’t want it.
The barriers, made by a company called HESCO, are basically massive heavy-duty sandbags in metal baskets. They’re used for flood fighting across the nation, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...