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Public comment sought on levee proposal

TULSA — The US Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to work with local and state officials to expedite repairs to the crumbling levee system along the Arkansas River in Tulsa, and has already conducted a feasibility study and issued a call for public comment.

The 33-day period for public input officially began September 16th, and runs through October 18th.

“We want the public to come in and tell us do they have concerns with any of the items that we are suggesting that we make improvements to,” Tulsa County Manager of Communications Devin Egan told KRMG Tuesday. “Do they think that we're forgetting anything, do they have other concerns or feedback, or do they think it's great?”

While it will be a year before the proposal will be finalized and released so engineering and then construction can begin, Egan said, the process is actually moving along more quickly than normal.

“Normally this process takes two or three years for them to get through, and the Army (Corps) has shaved off a year of this process,” she added, “and so by us being at this stage already, we're a year ahead of the game.”

The report can be viewed online at the USACE website, or in person at the Corps public affairs office, 2488 East 81st Street in Tulsa, or at the Charles Page Library in Sand Springs.

The public can also submit comments in writing at the October 8th workshop.

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