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"It looks like someone planted a garden in/on the levee along Riverview. All very nice. However it looks like they cut steps into the levee also. Why would someone cut steps into a structural device designed as a wall to keep flood waters away?…"

"Lynne, the *finished* flood wall should remove the neighborhood from the 100 year flood plain, thus the govt will remap at that point and we will no longer be required to carry flood insurance.  It's all pretty well lined out in the FEMA…"

"I was unable to attend the Feb 28th meeting, but after reading most of the posts so far, I have only one other concern.  If the wall is built along the canal instead of the river, can individual homeowners in Warfleigh still assume…"

"From what I've seen online, Andre Carsonhas tried to earmark full funding for this each year, but evidently he has only been give partial funding each time. I think we need to keep after him to continue pushing for funding to end this 20 year…"

"Rita, thanks for the detailed post. There are a few points that require clarification on your post: 2) The FEMA proposal clearly states that the goal of the project is to move this area outside the 100 year flood zone, in other words out of zone A.…"

"According to the proposed plan in the document posted on this website, the floodwall ( to be built on grade, not on an earthen levee as we have on Riverview) would be 'approx 6' high at N. Capitol Ave, and 1'-3'high along the…"

"Rita, are you saying the length of the canal between the Rivi and Butler, along Westfield, will be a WALL, not a mound of earth topped (or not) by a short wall, like we have in Warfleigh?   Were there images of the appearance of the wall (or…"

"The idea of creating the flood wall as described for the Third Phase reminds me of Louisville, Ky., Jeffersonville, Ind., and other river communities that built walls between their cities and the Ohio River and how many of these communities have…"