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Murfreesboro, Ark. (KATV) — Repairs to a trash rack at Narrows Dam was recently postponed last month because of unforeseen changes to its design and scope as a result of season rainfall, leading ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted representatives from multiple local, state and federal agencies during a Whittier Narrows Dam Tabletop Exercise at the USACE Baseyard ...
Whittier Narrows Dam is at risk of failing, which could pose a threat to 1 million people, according to the Corps of Engineers. Corps of Engineers spokesperson Dena M. O'Dell said the road is not ...
The Pico Rivera Sports Arena and other community venues could disappear due to repair work on the Whittier Narrows Dam, city officials announced Tuesday. According to the Army Corps of Engineers ...
It was Miguel’s first full marathon, and for the last few months the 13-year-old has been going to Whittier Narrows Park every Sunday to run 10 miles with his Student Run LA group as part of his ...
Whittier Narrows Dam manages flood risk for about 1.2 million people from Pico Rivera to Long Beach. In 2016, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers classified it as DSAC 1 — “critically near failure or ...
Repairing the Whittier Narrows Dam was reclassified in 2016 from “high urgency” to “very high urgency” by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. If the dam fails, the damage could be catastrophic. With ...
A $412 million project to repair the Whittier Narrows Dam is about to become a reality. The second half of funding, $219.5 million is included in the $1.5 trillion packaged to fund the federal ...
Four years after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers upgraded the flood risk for the Whittier Narrows Dam from high urgency to very high urgency, the U,S. House of Representatives on Friday approved ...
U.S. Rep. Grace Napolitano has convinced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to spend $393.2 million to fix the Whittier Narrows Dam, but she still has to persuade Congress to appropriate the money. With ...
Representative Grace Napolitano, center, points to a map inside the Whittier Narrows Dam as she and other representatives take a tour of the dam in Montebello, on Friday, March 6, 2020.
U.S. Rep. Grace Napolitano has convinced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to spend $393.2 million to fix the Whittier Narrows Dam, but she still has to persuade Congress to appropriate the money.