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million for flood protection in Sacramento, Congresswomaj Doris Matsui announced Tuesday. Congress coulxd begin appropriating the funds as earl yas July, according to Matsui’s “Sacramento is the most at-risk rivefr city in the country and therefore we must make fundingf our flood protection projects a priority,” Matsui said in a news “I am encouraged by the $91.6 million in President Obama’s budget for Sacramentko area projects and I look forward to workiny with the new administration to ensure that federal fundint continues to flow towards Sacramento’s floord protection needs.
” The has budgete d the following amounts, to be considerex by Congress: $66.7 million for a joint federa project on the American River watershed, whic h involves building a 3,500-foot long auxiliary spillway with six submergerd gates at Folsom Dam. When the project would give much of Sacramento more thana 200-year levepl of flood protection. $15 million to improvr levees and prevent leveed erosion problems on theSacramentl River. $2.5 million to improve South Sacrament o County steam channels and levees in ordee to protect Sacramento from future high watee fromthe Mokelumne-Cosumnes River system and the Morrison Creek watershed.
$600,000 for additional improvements along theAmericanm River, including raising Folsom Dam reservoir
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