Countywide : Board Approves Change in Flood-Control Plan
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The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday endorsed an alternative plan for a part of the Santa Ana River flood-control project that will save the county approximately $60 million and satisfy complaints of San Bernardino residents.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requested an endorsement by supervisors in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties of the corps’ draft study, which proposes building a 550-foot-high, $304-million dam in the San Bernardino Mountains.
Riverside supervisors are scheduled to consider the matter at their Oct. 15 meeting, with San Bernardino supervisors expected to follow suit on Oct. 21. No opposition to the alternative was expected.
The dam would replace the proposed Mentone Dam farther down the river, which was estimated to cost $530 million and which drew fire from residents, environmentalists and officials.
With Orange County expected to pay about 30% of the cost, the less-expensive dam would save the county about $60 million, Supervisor Roger Stanton said.
The dam is part of a $1.3-billion project to protect the counties from a major flood of the type predicted to occur once every 100 years.
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