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Public commenter urges peer review of Army Corps contract for Lower American River Parkway bank protection
Summary
At the March 20 Secretary of Flood Control Agency meeting, a public commenter asked the board to delay implementation of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Contract 3b on the Lower American River Parkway and to convene a peer review and expanded advisory committee to seek alternatives that reduce habitat and vegetation loss.
Joe O'Connor, a member of the Lower American River Task Force, the bank protection working group and the Parkway Coalition, told the Secretary of Flood Control Agency board of directors on March 20 that he is asking the board to consider a peer review before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proceeds with Contract 3b on the Lower American River Parkway between Howe Avenue and Mayhew Drain.
O'Connor said the Corps' plan would provide flood protection but would “do a great deal of damage to the parkway, including wildlife habitat loss,” and…
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