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A new strategy is being deployed this winter to mitigate ice jam flooding on the Mohawk River.
Schenectady’s historic Stockade district along the Mohawk River is prone to flooding. And some years, like in 2018, when the river clogs with ice, water levels can rise by several feet, putting some streets and homes underwater.
As part of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Reimagine The Canals Initiative, a new pilot program will try to break up sheet ice before it has a chance to break up, bunch up, refreeze, repeat…forming an ice jam.
Shane Mahar is a spokesman for the New York State Canal Corporation…