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ELM FORK FLOODWAY PLAN DISCUSSED
-GUDJOHNSEN V/O
11 April 73
2001 NATURAL SO F
SUGGESTED LEAD.....WITH NEWS OF FLOODING BEING REPORTED ACROSS THE NATION IT
AN
SEEMED APPROPRIATE TIME FOR OFFICIALS OF EIGHT GOVERNMENTAL BODIES TO SIT DOWN
AND DISCUSS THE FLOODING PLANS FOR THE ELM FORK OF THE TRINITY RIVER...JOHN G.
REPORTS.
GUDJOHNSEN V/O....4TN CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS IT IS WORK CUT OUT FOR 4 IN
TRYING TO WORK OUT A FIOONWAY PLAN THAT WILL PLEASE ALL THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
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INVOLVED...FEW PROJECTS COME UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF SO MANY DIFFERENT GOVERNING
BODIES...INCLUDED ARE THE CITIES OF IRVING, CARROLTON, FARMERS' BRANCH, COPPELL,
& DALLAS COUNTY
DALLAS, THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY AND THE U.S. CORPS OF ENGINEERS. REPRESENTA
TIVES FROM ALLTTHOSE CITIES AND AGENCIES SAT DOWN TODAY IN A MEETING CALLED BY
COUNTY COMMISSIONER JOHN WHITTINGTOI WHITTINGTON LD THE GROUP THAT THE
PURPOSE OF THE SESSION WAS TO AIR POINTS OF AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT AND SEE
IF A GENERAL PLAN CA( BE AGREED ON BY ALL. CORPS OF ENGINEERS DESIGNER GEORGE
fEME ERTT A BRIEFING ON 1O(XK EXTIK THE LATEST DESIGN
WHICH HAS TENTATIVELY BEEN AGREED TO BY XIQ= THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY WHICH
IS ACTING AS THE LOCAL SPONSORING AGENCY FOR THE PROJECT...THE PLANS CALL FOR A
SERIES OF LEVIES STARTING BELOW THE CARROLTON DAM AND JOINING ITTH DALLAS FLOOD
LEVY'S AT ROYAL LANE. DEMERITT SAID THAT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS OBLIGATED TO
TRY TO INCORPORATE LOCAL PLANNING DESIRES IN THE OVERALL PLAN, AND HE EMPHASIZED
THE THE PRESENT PLAN IS BY NO MEANS FINAL UNTIL ALL CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN GIVEN
TO OPPOSING VIEWS. THE MAIN POINTS OF DISAGREEMENT CAME OVER BOUNDARY LOCATIONS
AND WHAT LAND USE ADJOINING LAND WILL HAVE. IRVING MAYOR ] 1iATKIN SID THAT
HE FELT THE WESTERN BOUNDARY HAD BEEN PUSHED FURTHER INTO IRVING FROM PREVIOUS
PLANS. .ANOTHER WRINKLE THAT COULD FURTHER ALTER THE FLOODWAY PLAN IS A PIECE OF
LEGISLATION IN THE STATE SENATE PROPOSING FUNDS BE SET ASIDE FOR A GREENBELT PARK
THAT WOULD MATCH UP WITH JgtPLANS IN THE ALLAS FLOODWAY SYS TE, M . STATE ZEflEEX
REPRESENTATIVE KORIOTH3 LD THE GROUP THAT BEFORE SUCH LEGILATION COULD BE
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Trinity River], script, April 11, 1973; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1738581/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.