The grass  roots group from Fairfield, Fairfield Citizens for Flood Control  Reform, orchestrated a meeting at Churchill School two weeks ago with many of the  surrounding communities in attendance also.  The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and the Army Corps showed up along with about 400 residents from Fairfield  and other towns affected by flooding from the Passaic River.  No New Jersey elected officials (except for local) showed up for this meeting but they were...
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FAIRFIELD — A new grass-roots group presented its recommendations Tuesday night for solving a long-standing flooding problem that has plagued several North Jersey communities.

Recommendations of the Fairfield Citizens for Flood Control Reform include:

• Dredging the Passaic River
• Building floodgates at Beatties Dam in Little Falls
• Locking the floodgates at the Pompton Lakes Dam to turn it into a natural-spillover dam
• Revising the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 1990 plan for mitigating flooding al...

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