Chain of Rocks NewsLocal news for Chain of Rocks, MO continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Work begins on canal levee's berms- December 13, 2007 "We're putting several feet of sand on the ground there" Work has started on another phase of large berms of sand and dirt designed to beef up the Chain of Rocks Canal levee.The goal of the $46.4 million project is to make the levee, owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, capable of withstanding a 500-year flood.The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued new standards for whether a levee is capable of withstanding a 100-year flood, one that has a 1 percent chance of happening in...http://www.topix.net/city/chain-of-rocks-mo/2007/12/work-begins-on-canal-levees-berms?from... |