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TexasTowelie

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Mon Jul 29, 2019, 03:57 AM Jul 2019

Repair work to close breached Missouri River levee completed

HAMBURG, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Omaha, Nebraska, says repair work on a levee breach near Hamburg, Iowa, has been completed.

The agency said in a news release Friday that the breach was one of four priority breaches to be closed in the wake of historic flooding along the Missouri River in March. The Corps says the work, which began in early May, was completed Thursday.

Newt Marine Service of Dubuque, Iowa, was awarded the $12 million contract for the repair work.

The Corps says more than 500 miles of levees on the Missouri, Platte and Elkhorn rivers, as well as other tributaries, experienced significant flood damage this year.

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Repair work to close breached Missouri River levee completed (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2019 OP
Repaired not improved............ IADEMO2004 Jul 2019 #1
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