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The floodway leading to Dongdian can contain ten times the water of the canal linking the Baigou River to Baiyangdian, and serves as the main flood relief channel for the Baigou River.
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Simone McCarthy, CNN, 18 Aug. 2023
Residents have cited concerns with the development, such as potential overcrowding of schools, increased traffic and building on the floodway adjacent to the property.
—Jason Fontelieu, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2023
Critics assailed the organization’s single-minded focus on levees as a form of flood control rather than a more holistic mix that included additional measures like floodways and channel clearings.
—Geoff Dembicki, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
The budget also includes nearly $30 million for a variety of Atchafalaya floodway projects, including completion of the $80 million replacement Charenton floodgate, wa dangerous low spot along the West Atchafalaya Basin protection levee that is adjacent to the town of Charenton in St. Mary Parish.
—Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 22 Jan. 2021
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Simone McCarthy, CNN, 18 Aug. 2023
Residents have cited concerns with the development, such as potential overcrowding of schools, increased traffic and building on the floodway adjacent to the property.
—Jason Fontelieu, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2023
Critics assailed the organization’s single-minded focus on levees as a form of flood control rather than a more holistic mix that included additional measures like floodways and channel clearings.
—Geoff Dembicki, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
The budget also includes nearly $30 million for a variety of Atchafalaya floodway projects, including completion of the $80 million replacement Charenton floodgate, wa dangerous low spot along the West Atchafalaya Basin protection levee that is adjacent to the town of Charenton in St. Mary Parish.
—Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 22 Jan. 2021
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