Dalrymple says Oxbow needs ring dike even without diversion - INFORUM
That's the position of the Fargo-Moorhead Flood Diversion Board of Authority, but diversion opponents and a federal judge disagreed. "The bottom line is that the state of North Dakota wishes to protect the cities of Oxbow and Hickson from Red River flooding in the same way that Minnesota has protected its own communities," Dalrymple wrote in a letter dated Wednesday to... Dalrymple explained that the city of Oxbow had requested state funding for a ring dike in 2010 after fighting the floods of 2009 and 1997. High waters in 2011 and 2013 strengthened the city's case. As governor and as chairman of the State Water Commission, he said he asked the Legislature in 2012 to fund the dike along with other flood control projects in Fargo. Source: www.inforum.com
