Larsen Announces $100,000 in Recovery Funds for Skagit Flood Study

Washington, DC, April 28, 2009

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) today announced that the Obama Administration is awarding $100,000 to help complete the Skagit River General Investigation Study (GI), which is analyzing various flood control projects to protect citizens and infrastructure impacted from a 100-year flood of the Skagit River.

“Every little bit helps,” Larsen said today. “I’m pleased that President Obama’s recovery plan is providing $100,000 to help complete the Skagit flood study so we can protect Skagit County families, farms and businesses from future floods.”

Larsen has requested that Congress provide $1.3 million for the Skagit GI study in the Fiscal Year 2009 federal appropriations bill. Over the past 15 years, the Skagit River has flooded nearly every other year at a cost of tens of millions of dollars.

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