Levee Fixing
Boxer to visit Pajaro to highlight flood protection project
Friday, July 31, 2009
Sen. Barbara Boxer will visit Watsonville tomorrow to highlight the Pajaro River Flood Protection Project. This week the Senate passed a bill, which includes $425,000 sought by Boxer to help upgrade the Pajaro River's levee system, according to a news release.
"The levees along the Pajaro River are 60-years-old, dilapidated, and provide inadequate flood protection," the release says. "The Pajaro River Flood Protection Project will replace the existing levees to meet a 100-year-storm flood protection level for the City of Watsonville, Town of Pajaro, and the surrounding agricultural lands."
Local elected officials, including Monterey County Supervisor Simon Salinas, will join Boxer.
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