Aerial photo of Peninsula Drainage District #1
Portland Tribune: Let it flow during next Columbia River flood?
by emitchell|06 February 2019|Funding & Oversight, Geotechnical Investigation, Media Coverage, Research, Safety Standards, USACE Feasibility Study
Some want to let the river flow onto nearby green areas rather than replace the levee that failed in the 1948...
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photo of a levee and the columbia slough
Portland Tribune: Bills seek tax aid to shore up levee system
by emitchell|28 January 2019|Funding & Oversight, Legislative, Media Coverage
All Portlanders might help pay to protect the city from Columbia River floods, if lawmakers vote to authorize...
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Oregon Capitol Building
2019 State Legislative Proposals
by emitchell|25 January 2019|Funding & Oversight, Legislative
Oregon's 2019 legislative session began this week. Among the many issues that will be discussed in Salem, the Levee Ready Columbia partnership has worked with local legislators to introduce several bills: First, Senate Bill 254/House Bill 2323 authorize Business Oregon’s Infrastructure...
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photo of people walking on Broughton Beach along the Columbia River
Portland Tribune: County property owners may pay for flood control
by LRC|19 April 2018|Funding & Oversight, Media Coverage
County property owners may pay for flood control By Steve Law | published April 17, 2018 Columbia River levee system needs more funding to win federal approval, most of Multnomah County may be asked to share the funding load. Multnomah...
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Photo of House Boats on the Columbia River
Portland Tribune: Levee project wants regional taxing district to protect area from Columbia River floods
by LRC|09 April 2018|Funding & Oversight, Legislative, Media Coverage
Levee Ready Columbia will seek buy-in from elected officials about creating...
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Map of levees in Multnomah County, including on Sauvie Island
Collaboration and Problem Solving Before a Disaster Happens
by lrcWebAdmin|15 February 2018|Funding & Oversight, Geotechnical Investigation, Safety Standards
The United States was impacted by 16 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disaster events in 2017 exceeding $300 billion in total damages[1]. The total was yet another new record for the U.S.
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a map of the boundaries for Pen 1, Pen 2, MCDD, & SDIC drainage districts along the Columbia Corridor
Portland Tribune: Shore up levee before it’s too late
by lrcWebAdmin|09 January 2018|Funding & Oversight, Media Coverage, Safety Standards
The Portland area needs to learn from the experiences in New Orleans and Houston, where devastating urban floods - a decade apart - led to divisive...
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the Railroad Embankment at the western end of the levee system
Portland Tribune: When the levee breaks…the bank
by lrcWebAdmin|28 December 2017|Funding & Oversight, Media Coverage, Safety Standards
Entire Portland area may be asked to help improve levee system via property tax-funded bonds...
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