Funding to tame flooding from Pajaro River now in place Share Updated: 7:11 PM PDT May 24, 2021 Share Updated: 7:11 PM PDT May 24, 2021
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Show Transcript TO SHORE UP RESILIENCE AHEAD OF HURRICANE SEASON AND WESTERN WILDFIRES. IN WATSONVILLE. BIG DEVELOPMENTS FOR FLOOD PREVENTION EFFTSOR ALONG THE PAJARO RIVER. TODAY LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES SIGNED AN AGREEMENT.. TO MANAGE THE RIVER LEVEE FROM FLOODING HOMES AND FARMS LIKE YOU SEE HERE IN 2017. CT AION NEWS EIGHT REPORTER PHIL GOMEZ, JOI NS US LIVE FROM WATSONVILLE WITH MORE ON THE PLAN.PHIL??? OVER-ALL IT S A FOUR- HUNDRED MILLION PROJECT DESIGNED TO TAME T HE CONSTANT THREAT OF FLOODING BROUGHT ON BY HEAVY RAIN-FALL THE RAINS OF 19-95 WERE SO DEVASTATING TH TAT HE PAJARO LEVEES JUST COULDN T HOLD BACK. PRIME FARMLAND AND HOMES WERE UNDERWATER. FLOODING HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE IT WAS BUILT IN -4199 THE MOST RECENT FLOODING WAS NOT LONG AGO, IN 20-17 A