MOUND CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting about the Holt County, Missouri, and Doniphan County, Kansas, spin-off study on Monday, June 26, 2023. The spin-off study is part of the larger Lower Missouri River Basin Flood Risk and Resiliency Study, also known as the system plan, which was ordered after the region experienced three devastating floods in 1993, 2011 and 2019.
The 2019 flood caused billions of dollars in damages to agriculture and infrastructure in communities in the region. Repair costs to levee infrastructure in the Lower Missouri River Basin in 2019 added up to approximately $1.2 billion.
During the 2019 flood, the states of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska formed a four-state coalition called the Flood Recovery Advisory Working Group. The goal was to develop actions in the aftermath of the 2019 flood to reduce system risk and recurring damages, improve system resiliency for the future and improve interagency collaboration.
The overall system plan study largely is a means to developing those beneficial actions. The spin-off studies seek to find more specific improvements in a specific shorter reach of the Lower Missouri River Basin.
Information for the Holt County, Missouri, and Doniphan County, Kansas, spin-off study public meeting is below:
Monday, June 26, 2023
Toad Hollar Bar & Grill, 1710 Nebraska Street, Mound City, Missouri
The doors will open at 4:45 p.m.
There will be a presentation at 5:00 p.m. with the same presentation repeated at 6:15 p.m. The presentation will introduce the project boundaries and purposes. An open house with informational stations will be open between and after the presentations. The meeting will conclude at 7:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Julie MacLachlan at Julie.A.MacLachlan@usace.army.mil or visit Lower Missouri River Basin (army.mil).