Media Coverage 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...

Photo of the Columbia Corridor industrial buildings and the Columbia Slough

Portland Tribune: Risk of levee failure highest in North Portland

by emitchell|17 April 201912 July 2019|Funding & Oversight, Geotechnical Investigation, Media Coverage, Research

Columbia River waterline could swell to 37 feet, Geological Survey and Army Corps of Engineers say...

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...

photo of a levee and the columbia slough

Portland Tribune: Bills seek tax aid to shore up levee system

by emitchell|28 January 201912 July 2019|Funding & Oversight, Legislative, Media Coverage

All Portlanders might help pay to protect the city from Columbia River floods, if lawmakers vote to authorize...

photo of US Senator Ron Wyden testifying

KATU News: Oregon lawmakers push for flood protection feasibility study for Portland

by LRC|30 April 201812 July 2019|Legislative, Media Coverage, USACE Feasibility Study

Oregon lawmakers are urging federal officials in Washington D.C. to support a flood protection feasibility study...

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 201812 July 2019|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...