We received really great news today about the flood risk in the Green River Valley. Instead of a 1 in 4 chance of flooding, the Army Corp now predicts only a 1 in 25 chance of flooding. This is thanks to some significant repairs they just completed on the dam.
The risk of serious flooding in Renton is even reduced further than this. We were previously predicting about a 1-in-10 chance of bad flooding in Renton, so now we can say the odds are closer to 1-in-60 or so. This is still a concern, but way, way better.
Here is the story of the Army Corp announcement on King5.com.
I like Renton’s odds – it has nothing to do with geography and is simply a reflection on how awesome we are.
If we could just get grown up Webster to ask congress for shovel ready project money then maybe the dam could be fixed for good before everyone spent crap loads of money on fear.
The contracts to fix the dam this summer already WERE American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funded, “shovel ready” projects.
The Corps has not finished their plans for how to permanently fix this, so there is no project to fund yet.
http://www.usace.army.mil/CEPA/EngineerUpdate/Pages/ARRAHowardHanson.aspx