Howard County denies engineering study request in Turkey Creek flood dispute
Planning & Zoning asked the board to fund an independent hydrology study after two neighbors reported flooding along Turkey Creek; commissioners denied the request, calling it a private dispute between landowners.
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Planning & Zoning Administrator Cherri Klinginsmith told the board that two neighbors in a floodplain along Turkey Creek reported reciprocal actions that they say contributed to flooding—one landowner built a berm and the other disked ditches to return cropland to normal use. Klinginsmith asked whether the county should request an independent engineering hydrology study and who would bear the cost.
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