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Residents urge council to address long-term water and traffic needs, warn on raising dam height
Summary
During public comment, two residents urged the council to treat water supply and traffic growth as long-term priorities and one speaker cautioned that raising dam height could expand the floodplain and displace insured homeowners.
Two residents used the public-comment period to press the City of Oglala for long-term planning on water supply and traffic and to urge caution over a loan to raise a dam’s height. An unnamed resident who identified population and traffic trends told the council the city faces "two rivers": the physical water supply and a "river of traffic" through town. The commenter said demands on the city’s water supply were projected to increase by 4 percent over 45 years and noted demographic data they said shows "60% of us are the age of 45 or older," arguing that demographic trends…
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