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Athens council approves USACE Hocking River feasibility study
Summary
Council approved Ordinance 78-25 to provide a local share for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study of the Hocking River; supporters said the study would evaluate environmental and safety improvements, not a full channel restoration to pre-1968 configuration.
Athens City Council on Sept. 2 approved an ordinance to authorize the city’s local share for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers feasibility study of the Hocking River. The ordinance, introduced by Councilmember Swank as Ordinance 78-25, passed after a motion and second and a voice vote.
Supporters said the study will assess whether environmental improvements and public-safety changes are feasible along a stretch of the river, including…
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