CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – City officials gathered outside of the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library Monday morning for a ribbon-cutting ceremony commemorating the completion of a flood control project.
The Czech Village flood control project consists of a storm water pump station, detention basin, concrete floodwall from 12th to 16th Avenue SW and a flood gate across 16th Avenue SW. This southwest-area project is the latest completed step of the permanent flood control system set to cost between $1.1 – $1.3 billion with inflation, according to the City of Cedar Rapids.
The project will protect the area to the level of the 2008 flood, which reached heights of 31.12 feet. The city-wide flood control system is projected to be completed in 2035, according to the city’s public works website…