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<br />.' <br /> <br />3. Raise and maintain the 1955 levee adjacent to the <br />highway. The elevation of the levee should be increased <br />to 3896 feet. <br />4. Construct a flow-limiting structure on the Riverside <br />lateral of the Consolidated Ditch in the area one to <br />two miles west of the city. This stucture could <br />incorporate one of the existing culvert crossings. <br />5. Undertake a program of periodic channel cleaning under <br />and upstream from the Highway 50 bridge. It would be <br />desirable to widen the pilot channel above the bridge <br />and to remove more of the fill from the old railroad <br />bridge site downstream. <br />It should be emphasized that, although the lOa-year flood <br />will not inundate the City of Las Animas. the city is still <br />subject to inundation by floods of a greater return frequency. <br />The Corps of Engineers report on the Las Animas levee project <br />estimates that the standard project flood of 140,000 cfs would <br />inundate most of the river valley, including the City of <br />Las Animas. <br /> <br />20 <br />