Feds, city officials to review Oneonta flood risks
Representatives from the
Hawver and
The Mill Race levee was built in 1984 after flooding in the 1970s, Hawver said, and federal officials are evaluating its condition and design, which is based on older standards. Federal officials generally are looking at levees more closely since problems in
The levee at
Hawver said the federal study should be complete in about two years, perhaps sooner.
The mapping update will report which structures in the city are in special flood-risk areas, Hawver said. There are fewer than 100 structures in the city that are in such designated areas, he said, with most in the
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