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Rio de Flag flood control project receives $52 million in federal funding

Army Corps tour of Rio De Flag project

Mayor Coral Evans, councilmember Charlie Odegaard, congressman Tom O’Halleran, Army Corps of Engineers Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite and Col. Aaron Barta, the commander of the Los Angeles District of the Army Corps pose during a tour of the planned Rio De Flag flood control project October 17, 2018.

After years of fighting for federal table scraps, the city’s Rio De Flag flood control project was fully funded by the United States Army Corps of Engineers this week.

The Corps included $52 million to fund the project in its fiscal year 2020 civil works plan.



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