Hidalgo County calls on Biden administration to fix levee breaches
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Tuesday, April 27 2021
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By: KRGV Digital
Photo Credit: Hidalgo County
The Hidalgo County Commissioners Court approved a resolution Tuesday calling on the Biden administration to fix breaches in the levee that were created by border wall construction in southwestern Hidalgo County.
Border wall construction in the area consisted of flattening several points along the federally owned levee system that acts as a protective barrier to flooding along the Rio Grande, Hidalgo County said in a press release.
When President Joe Biden took office last January, he ordered the immediate halt of border wall construction, leaving the breaches open.
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