The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has certified the new dike systems in this city and northern East Grand Forks.
The certification as “functionally complete” is the start of a process that will allow property owners to dispense with flood insurance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which administers flood plain maps, must first agree with the certification.
Corps project manager Bonnie Greenleaf said other East Grand Forks areas will not be ready for certification until the fall because of soil instability problems.
The $417 million dike systems will protect the two cities from a flood equal to the 1997 Red River flood, which devastated the area and led the government to build the new dikes. Construction started in August 2001.
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