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Study will help evaluate solutions to flooding in the Passaic River Basin.
The House Appropriations Committee voted to allocate $1 million Wednesday to fund the Passaic River Mainstream Study project. The study will help initiate an agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) and the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to evaluate solutions to flooding in the Passaic River Flood Basin. The U.S. House of Representatives will vote next on whether or not to allocate the funds. The Senate and President Obama would also need to approve the allocation before the $1 million is distributed. President Obama allocated the funds in his proposed 2013 Fiscal Year budget. He promised flood victims that the federal government would help them rebuild their homes after he toured flooded areas of Wayne …
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Buyouts, dredging, and changing the way local floodgates are operated are all part comprehensive plan.
Buying out homes, improving the operation of the floodgates and dredging local rivers are all viable steps that can be taken as part of permanent solution to alleviating flooding in the Passaic River Flood Basin, the head of an environmental group said Tuesday. “The first thing we need to do is vacate the flood plain and that’s being done, which is a good first step,” Ella Filippone, executive director of the Passaic River Coalition, told a gathering sponsored by the Wayne League of Women Voters. “Then the basin can flood and no one will care because no one will be in harm’s way.” Wayne has already received $6.3 million of dollars to purchase homes in the worst flooded areas of the township, including Riverside Drive, Riverlawn Drive, and …
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5:55 pm on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Maria P. I completely agree with you! Elizabeth, did you get a buy out? I am on Riveredge Drive in Pompton Lakes and I am unable to get a buy out. I am not even on a grant list for elevation. I had to elevate thru my insurance company. more ›
Joseph Perry
8:34 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
decided to give this diner a try since it is new, I wasnt impressed at all just another diner, and while looking at the menu I noticed the wraps are named after rappers such as kanye west, eminem tupac,etc..... I thought how tacky, this is just my opinion, the food was same as any other diner, I didnt find the staff to be friendly, they werent rude either however just adding to my comment … more ›