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Corps Declines to Fund Huntington Flood Control

Photo by Gerald Martineau/The Washington Post
THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS has told Fairfax County that if it wants to improve flood control along Cameron Run near Huntington, it had better look for another source of funding.

Although a final report on options for the area hit hard by flash flooding in June 2006 is set to be delivered to the county by the end of the year, The Post's Bill Turque reports that a preliminary analysis of last year's flooding indicates that any proposed flood-control upgrades aren't eligible for federal funds:

The measures don't qualify under the Corps' traditional cost-benefit formula, in which the projected economic benefits to private interests must be larger than the cost to taxpayers. The formula takes into account potential damage to structures and contents and the costs of emergency services used to respond to a flood.
More than half of Huntington's 311 homes were hit by the flooding, generating $10 million in losses. A flood wall could cost as much as $35 million.

» "Corps Won't Fund Huntington Project" [WaPo]
» EARLIER: "One Year Ago: Deluge Swamps D.C." [Free Ride/Express]

Photo by Gerald Martineau/The Washington Post

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