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The city of Cedar Rapids is looking to build an approximately $20 million horizontal collector well near Cargill’s corn milling facility as part of the city’s permanent flood control system — one of the finishing touches of flood protection work on the east side.

The city of Cedar Rapids has opened the newly relocated and reconfigured skatepark after building a detention basin as part of the permanent flood control system. The facility is now entirely made of concrete and features 28 obstacles -- a variety of quarterpipes, wedges, ledges and more.

The city of Cedar Rapids has finalized a $10 million deal to buy land from Rick and Marsha Stickle to build a flood control levee around Cedar Lake — marking a key step to move forward with completion of the city’s network of flood protection.

The system is about 30 percent finished and includes a 13-foot flood wall that is lined with grassy terraces for events and visitor lounging. A floodgate is designed to open for vehicles to pass through.

A federal agency has begun a probe to look at some of the vulnerabilities of the nation’s dams and how to help them.

Experts are attempting to answer how extreme weather impacts dams and flood control basins scattered throughout Utah and the rest of the United States.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is presently working on the development of design plan for the first major project proposal under President

Only a few 30-minute downpours at the beginning of the rainy season have left Ho Chi Minh City surrounded by water. It seems that urban flooding here is more serious than estimate.

The RAISE grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, would fund much of the approximately $50 million project to replace the Eighth Avenue bridge with a cable-stayed one that could stay open over the Cedar River during extreme flooding.

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