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Take action: Tar-Pamlico River Basin Flood Risk Management Study

Environmental, Sound Rivers

Posted on March 25th, 2021

New Bern suffered approximately $100 million in damage during Hurricane Florence, most of it due to flooding, as picture here. (Photo by Raleigh News & Observer)

Flood-risk management feasibility study meetings are going on now, and you can share your communities’ needs to determine what actions should be taken to reduce the risk for decades to come.  See the fact sheet below for Sound Rivers’ recommendations. Read more about the study HERE.

Email your comments until April 23, subject line “Tar Pamlico Study–Scoping Comment” to lrp.plan.enviro@usace.army.mil

Or mail them to: Planning and Environmental Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, 1000 Liberty Ave., Floor 22 Pittsburgh, PA 15222

DOWNLOAD THE FACT SHEET.

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