Pierce County Surface Water Management Maintenance and Operations Manager Tony Fantello, stands next to three engineered logjams, part of phase one of the Needham Rd. setback flood control levy of around 800 ft. built along the rapidly aggrading Puyallup River south of Orting. The levy will protect residences along Needham Road while allowing the main stem of the Puyallup River to widen during flood events. The engineered log jams will protect the levy by absorbing and deflecting the energy of high velocity river flows during floods. Set back levies and engineered log jams are new tools the county will use, in addition to buying out property owners living in flood plains to manage flood risk in the future. Photos taken Thurday December 2 2010 (Dean J. Koepfler / Staff photographer) (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)

Who should fund Pierce County flood control? Public weighs in

Residents and officials debated Tuesday whether it would be fair for Pierce County to charge all residents the same tax rate to create and operate a new flood-control zone district.

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Published December 13th, 2011 - 6:52AM
It’s coming down to the same old arguments as Pierce County and its cities weigh the formation of a countywide taxing district for flood control.
Published December 11th, 2011 - 8:20PM
Gig Harbor officials question why their city is included in Pierce County’s proposed taxing district to pay for flood control when the county’s flood management plan has no projects in the peninsula area.



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