Posted by Thomas Mancuso on Monday, May 16, 2011,
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reconsider his request for a major disaster declaration to help towns and residents affected by flooding in March.
FEMA rejected the request last month, saying the damage was not severe enough. It found that 80 percent of homeowners affected were covered by insurance and said those who weren't could work with local and state governments to get assistance.
But Christie announced Thursday that the state had filed...
Posted by Thomas Mancuso on Thursday, April 28, 2011,
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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