FARGO, N.D. (AP) — About 300 people turned out for a public meeting on flood-control plans for the Fargo-Moorhead area, forcing the Army Corps of Engineers to make two presentations at a downtown hotel Tuesday.
The corps earlier this week narrowed flood control options to a diversion channel through Minnesota, a similar channel through North Dakota or levees along the bank of the Red River. Agency officials said local leaders should choose a plan by Dec. 1 so a proposal can be submitted to Congress by the end of the year.
Another corps public meeting is planned Wednesday night on the campus of Minnesota State University Moorhead.
The Red River stayed above flood stage in the Fargo area for a record 61 days last spring. Fargo residents fought off two crests, one of them a record.
