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CLEAR CREEK PRELIMINARY NED ALTERNATIVE

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

7,000

■■ Reduce riverine flood damages along Clear Creek and its tributaries. ■■ Maximize the net economic benefits of any identified Federal flood damage reduction project. ■■ Avoid adverse environmental impacts when possible. Minimize and mitigate and consider the existing aesthetic qualities of Clear Creek. ■■ Identify recreational opportunities ■■ Preserve cultural resources. Minimize and mitigate unavoidable impacts to these resources. ■■ Identify possible eco-friendly flood damage reduction solution. ■■ Identify and possible ecosystem restoration opportunities. PROJECT GOALS ■■ Identifying and recommending an effective, affordable and environmentally sensitive Federal flood damage reduction project for Clear Creek. ■■ Conducting necessary engineering, economic and environmental studies in a timely manner in order to establish a viable project that is acceptable to the public, local sponsor and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

6,000

homes saved 41%

5,000

4,000

7,306

homes saved 57%

3,000

4,275

3,705

2,000

1,601

1,000

0

100 year

500 year

With Project Without Project STRUCTURAL FLOODING ESTIMATES

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