Hoeven Continuing Effort on Appropriations to Secure Funding for Red River Valley, Minot Area Flood Protection

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Senator John Hoeven met again today with Col. Daniel Koprowski, Commander of the St. Paul District Corps of Engineers, to advance permanent flood protection for the Red River Valley and Minot regions. The senator is continuing his effort as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee to secure funding for the projects.

"We have funding in place both for the Minot region, as well as for the Red River Valley, to move flood protection forward for this year," Hoeven said. "Now, as a member of the Appropriations Committee, I met with the Corps and we're working to make sure that we get funding in place for next year. We need to keep flood protection going on a multi-year basis both for the Red River Valley and for the Minot region."

Hoeven wrote and secured language in the Fiscal Year 2016 appropriations bill authorizing and funding new construction starts and studies that will help to advance flood protection in the Red River Valley and Minot. The measure includes nearly $690 million more than the Army Corps of Engineer's proposed budget and also directs the Corps to utilize projects organized as public-private partnerships (P3) to create great cost efficiencies.

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