UNDERWAY ACROSS PARTS OF LEWIS
AND CLARK
COUNTY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
FLOODING THIS
SPRING...[(***ESCHUL
TZ***)]WORKERS HAVE BEEN
CLEARING SNOW AND ICE FROM
CULVERTS SINCE LAST WEEK...AND
TODAY CREWS WERE WORKING IN
THE AREA OF ROSSITER SCHOOL OFF
SIERRA AND CENTER DRIVE...THE
AREA WAS AMONG THE HARDEST HIT
LOCALLY IN THE 2017 SPRING
FLOODS.IT IS
PART OF THE 2-POINT-1 MILLION
DOLLAR TRAP CLUB PROJECT...AND
WILL
GUIDE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
RETENTION POND AT THE TRAP
CLUB.THE COUNTY SAYS
NORTHWESTERN ENERGY IS
LOWERING A GAS LINE IN THE AREA
TO ALLOW FOR LARGER CULVERTS TO
BETTER HANDLE RUNOFF...###




{BETWEEN LAST WEEK AND THIS
WEEK, WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF THE
LOSE A LOT OF THAT VALLEY SNOW
PACK AND
OUR DITCHES WILL BE OPEN, OUR
CULVERTS WILL BE OPEN.
}{THE DITCH ALONG SIERRA ROAD,
AS MANY
PEOPLE KNOW, THAT’S WHERE ALL
THE WATER REALLY GOES TO BEFORE
IT GETS OUT OF THE VALLEY
AND LEAVES OUR AREA..."
}[(***ESCHULTZ***)]TH E COUNTY
IS ALSO PLANNING ON
UPDATING ITS HELENA VALLEY FLOOD
MITIGATION MASTER PLAN.THE
COUNTY RECEIVED A FLOOD
MITIGATION GRANT FROM FEMA LAST
FALL TO HELP
COVER THE COST OF UPDATING THE
PLAN.
