The Brief
- The city has received $20 million in federal funding to try to bring a Detroit neighborhood out of floodplain status.
- Residents fear that to stop the flooding, the city would need to dam up the canals.
- They believe it would make more sense to repair the seawalls. However, this is still early in the process, and no decisions have been made yet.
DETROIT (FOX 2) – Signs are popping up all over the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood as residents speak out against potential closures of the city’s canals. The city has received a $20 million grant to prevent flooding in the area.
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There are tons of signs throughout the neighborhood calling for ‘no canal closures,’ and the big fear is that the city could close these canals, which residents are very passionate about.
The city has received $20 million in federal funding to try to bring the neighborhood out of floodplain status, which could help with future investments. But residents fear that to stop the flooding, the city would need to dam up the canals.…