A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official says a proposed $160 million flood-control project along the Greenbrier River in West Virginia’s Pocahontas County could be approved soon.
Talk of the project started more than a decade ago after Marlinton was hit by flooding twice in 1996.
Corps’ project manager Karen Miller told Greenbrier Valley economic development officials Thursday that final approval could be granted soon.
The project is expected to take eight years to complete and provide up to 200 construction jobs.
Miller said the corps will need to take 47 tracts of privately held land for the project.
When finished, Marlinton will be protected by nearly three-and-a-half miles of floodwalls and levees.
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Information from: The Register-Herald,
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