PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials in
Pierre are asking the corps for money to fix the flood-damaged
LaFramboise Island Causeway.
Oahe Project Manager Eric Stasch says that the
assistance request could be for up to $1 million.
The corps made the request after discovering that it still owned
the property,
Ownership of many former corps properties in the Pierre-Fort
Pierre area was transferred to the state several years ago, but
Stasch says the causeway property was overlooked.
The causeway was built in 1962 as a way to divert the river
water away from eroding the Pierre shoreline.
Stasch says if the causeway is repaired, it will be rebuilt as
it was constructed the first time, using rock, dirt, rip-rap and
pipe.
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