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<br />BEATRICE LOCAL FLOOO PROTECTION PROJECT" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />This project was planned for and proposed to the city of Beatrice as a feasible project <br />for local flood protection. <br />This proposed project would provide for protection of Beatrice <br />Blue River and Little Indian Creek. Features of this project would <br />removal of a low dam, bridge alterations and channel improvement on <br />and channel improvement on I ndian Creek. <br /> <br />against <br />include <br />the Big <br /> <br />f loads on the <br />I evees I the <br />Blue and levees <br /> <br />Current Status <br /> <br />This project Is being restudied in connection with the Corps of Engineers survey investiga- <br />tion on the Big Blue River Basin (including the Little Blue River) in Nebraska and Kansas. <br /> <br />Proiect Costs <br /> <br />Total cost of this project has been previously estimated to be $1,208,000, based on 1960 <br />price levels. The federal share of this total would be $684,000 and the local share $524,000. <br />Estimated project benefits and costs are respectively $57,900 and $55,600 annually, yielding a <br />1.04 to 1.00 benefit-cost ratio. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />llKansas River and Tributaries, Colorado, Nebraska, <br />Congress, Second Session. For information, write: <br />Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri. <br /> <br />and Kansas," House Document No. 642, 81st <br />District Engineer, Army Corps of <br /> <br />1-9 <br />