Napans on the flood project
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Question of the week: Do you think the Napa flood control project will be complete in five years?
Total votes: 447
Yes: 40, 9 percent
No: 407, 91 percent
“There is no money to do much of anything new, much less maintain what we already have going. The flood project is Exhibit A of what happens with an overextended government.”
“Yes, I think that what they have done will prevent a major flood, especially in South Napa. The major concern is the creek and finishing the flood plain near Copia. ... The city is doing everything possible. This is a world-class project that has funding problems. The project itself is wonderful!”
“There will be more funding delays than there are dollars.”
“Do you mean ‘complete’ as in, ‘Will it actually work?’ Then I would have to say, ‘never.’ With a high tide, south wind and Conn Dam overflowing, we will flood just the same as we always have.”
“We’re too concerned with keeping 100 feet of walkway on the river at $5,000 plus per foot than we are with getting the project done.”
“This valley has always flooded. If you have witnessed the true scale of any of the ‘big’ floods, then you will know that a little digging and shuffling of dirt is not going to get it; flooding is what this valley does during unusual weather episodes. ... I would love to think that all the poor folks in the low-income housing in the flood plain (yes, part of downtown) were not going to have to go through this again, but if nature follows its course, then the floods will happen periodically.”
“The real reason this project, and the thousands of other infrastructure projects and programs around our country, go begging and are delayed is due to the trillion-dollar sinkholes our president has gotten us into in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
“The Napa flood control is the biggest bunch of nonsense perpetrated upon Napans ever. ... It isn’t the city’s job nor anyone else’s to make sure your home or business doesn’t flood. It’s flooded before, it will flood again. This is what insurance is for. If you don’t want to deal with the flooding, simple solution: Don’t live in the flood plain!”
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JimClark wrote on Feb 15, 2007 3:47 PM: