At a meeting Monday night, members of the Juneau Assembly and the public expressed hesitation about the city’s flood fighting plan.
The Juneau Assembly has approved $2 million in funding to construct a semi-permanent levee along Mendenhall River in order to prepare forBut at a meeting Monday night, members of the Juneau Assembly and the public expressed hesitation about the city’s flood fighting plan.calls for the installation of flood barriers along about four miles of riverbank from Killewich Drive and Marion Drive to Meander Way.
The flood barriers, made by a company called HESCO, are basically large reinforced sandbags that last up to five years. They were given to the city free of charge by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Assembly also discussed the possibility of creating a local improvement district, or LID, in the Mendenhall Valley. That could establish a cost-sharing system for some or all homeowners in the flood-affected neighborhoods.
According to Koester, the long-term flood mitigation proposals require more careful planning and study, along with even more funding. She said the cityBut the HESCO barriers have been championed by city officials as a way to do flood fighting quickly, before another outburst happens again next summer.
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