Safety Standards Archives - Levee Ready Columbia

by emitchell|13 December 201922 December 2019|Funding & Oversight, Legislative, Media Coverage, Safety Standards

On Wednesday, December 11th, Levee Ready Columbia's Public Affairs & Communications Manager, Evyn Mitchell, had the opportunity to sit down with Monica Weitzel, host of the Community Hotline program, produced by MetroEast Community Media to talk about our local levee...

OPB: Legislature Comes Up With New Plan for Shoring Up Levees

by emitchell|14 August 201914 August 2019|Funding & Oversight, Legislative, Media Coverage, Safety Standards

The Oregon Legislature passed a law this session that will create a new district for managing and funding the levees on the Columbia River. Now, everyone who lives in the Multnomah County urban growth boundary could be on the hook...

Photo of Columbia River House Boat community taken from levee in the Bridgeton Neighborhood

Portland Tribune: House, Senate Give Nod to Multnomah County Levee District

by emitchell|27 June 201912 July 2019|Funding & Oversight, Legislative, Media Coverage, Safety Standards

A new taxing district may ask Multnomah County voters to search their pockets for the cost of a capital improvements bond to keep the Columbia River corralled...

Aerial photo of Peninsula Drainage District #1

Portland Tribune: Let it flow during next Columbia River flood?

by emitchell|06 February 201912 July 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...

Map of levees in Multnomah County, including on Sauvie Island

Collaboration and Problem Solving Before a Disaster Happens

by lrcWebAdmin|15 February 201812 July 2019|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.

Levee and Flood Wall along the Columbia River in North Portland

Portland Tribune: Could Vanport Flood happen again?

by LRC|10 January 201812 July 2019|Media Coverage, Research, Safety Standards

State study shows just how vulnerable we are if any Columbia River flood-control levees fail...

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 201812 July 2019|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...