Flood Protection Options for Rocky Ripple
by Thomas P. Healy Four different options for flood protection for the Town of Rocky Ripple were unveiled at a June 6 meeting by the City of Indianapolis. In his brief remarks Jeff Bennett, deputy […more…]
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Spring Brings Flurry of Levee Activity
by Thomas P. Healy The noise of chainsaws and heavy equipment filled the March air as contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) undertook vegetation management along the White River in Midtown. Trees […more…]
Saving Rocky Ripple? – UPDATED
Rocky Ripple and Butler Tarkington residents have called for a Build the Wall for All Protest Rally, Wednesday, March 1 at Noon, on the eastside of the Canal at Capitol Avenue & Westfield Boulevard. According […more…]
Flood Wall Makes Steady Progress
by Thomas P. Healy Watch for more activity along the White River soon as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues its work on the Indy North Levee project. “The next phase is engineered, […more…]
Clear-Cut Victory for White River Corridor
by Thomas P. Healy Thanks to the efforts of the Friends of White River (FOWR), the banks along a stretch of riparian corridor in Warfleigh and Broad Ripple will retain vegetation originally slated for removal. […more…]
SUDDEN BROACH: Levee decision leaves winners and losers in its wake
by Thomas P. Healy The Dec. 14, 2015, decision by Mayor Greg Ballard to lend the City’s support as local partner to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) preferred strategy to complete the North […more…]
December 2015 Levee Update
The Indianapolis City-County Council has given the go-ahead to the Department of Public Works (DPW) to make an offer to the Riviera Club to acquire property that will help complete Section 3B2 of the Indy […more…]
October 2015 Levee Update
According to Mike Massonne, a Department of Public Works project manager, the City has worked with the Riviera Club to gain access to its property in order to undertake surveys for perpetual and temporary easements […more…]
DNR Approves Vegetation Removal along White River Banks
by Thomas P. Healy As has been the case for more than two decades, the Indy North Levee project is floating slowly through the murky waters of bureaucracy. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources issued […more…]
Levee Options for Maximum Benefit
by Bill Beranek Midtown neighborhoods have good options in front of them to lift property owners completely out of the 100-year flood plain as quickly as possible, to save the Central Canal, and to help […more…]
