The City of Wichita and Sedgwick County have received approval to apply for a federal grant that will reduce flooding in the Calfskin Creek basin, a 17-square mile area of west Wichita. The Kansas Division of Emergency Management has approved a $40 million project to go to the application stage. Wichita City Council members and Sedgwick County Commissioners approved an agreement this week to submit the grant application by the end of the year to the Federal Emergency Management Administration. The project will construct two dry detention dams that will collect water during heavy rain events. One of the dams will be located near 13th Street North and 167th Street West, and the other will be constructed near Pawnee and 135th Street West.
Source: Country 101.3 KFDI
