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<br />( <br /> <br />.'-, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />SUMMARY OF PROPOSED PROJECT <br />CITY OF STERLING - PAWNEE CREEK FLOOD CONTROLPROJECT <br />CONVEYANCE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT <br /> <br />Proiect Sponsor <br /> <br />Tvpe ofProiect <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />Date of Application <br /> <br />Feasibility Studies <br /> <br />Proiect Description <br /> <br />City of Sterling, Colorado <br /> <br />Construction of a Floodplain Project to provide 100- year protection to <br />portions of City of Sterling and Logan County, Colorado <br /> <br />Central Logan County: communities of Sterling and Atwood, Colorado <br /> <br />November 3,1998 <br /> <br />ICON Engineering, Inc.: February 1998 <br /> <br />The project proposal is floodplain project to provide 100- year flood <br />protection to a large sector of the City of Sterling, Colorado and certain <br />agricultural lands within Logan County. The source of the flooding <br />problems originates on the Pawnee Creek watershed, The Pawnee Creek <br />Basin and Floodplain has major flood events in June 1935, June 1965, <br />and July 1997. These flood events have cause over 50 millions in flood <br />losses and the loss of human life. The project basically consists of <br />improving existing conveyance facilities through U,S, Highway No, 6 <br />and Union Pacific Railroad bridges and culverts, and bridge crossings, <br />and it includes construction of new channels and levees systems. Many <br />farms, houses, businesses, roadways, and utilities will benefit from the <br />flood protection that the project will provide. <br /> <br />3 <br />