floodwall News

Minnesota Prepares for Flooding on Mississippi, Other Rivers

STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) – The Metropolitan Airports Commission temporarily shut down flight operations for much of Tuesday at the St. Paul Downtown Airport while crews installed flood control barriers to hold back rising water on the Mississippi River. St. Paul, …

Louisiana Parish to Get Floodwall

Golden Meadow is slated for a number of projects in the coming year, including floodwall improvements and development of a skate park. Mayor Joey Bouziga tells The Courier that bids for the next phase of improvements to a floodwall along …

Redesigned Grand River Floodwalls Planned for Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Mich., is redesigning its flood protection system along the Grand River after years of resistance to calls by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to boost floodwalls. The Grand Rapids Press reports the city is studying 16 sites along …

$15M Federal Grant for Pennsylvania Floodwall

Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators say the federal government has awarded a $15 million grant to Bloomsburg to build a floodwall that will shield two of the central Pennsylvania city’s top employers from dangerous flooding. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and U.S. …