With levee work ending, local leaders say region is prepared for business

Metro East Levee District is getting a jump on upgrades – St. Louis Post Dispatch 7-10-2015

•  Levee Fixes are on Schedule – St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1-24-2015

• Flooding may thwart delays for FEMA maps; Durbin remains optimistic – Belleville News-Democrat 5.15.2011
• Illinois levee repair compliance could add costs; cause delay – St. Louis Post-Dispatch 5.19.2011
• Federal panel approves federal flood insurance changes – Miami Herald 5.13.2011

Articles Include:

• 02-16-11 – Illinois lawmakers urge White House to make levees a priority – St. Louis Beacon
• 02-03-11-Acknowledge existence of levees, Missouri and Illinois senators tell FEMA – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• 01-07-11-FEMA’s flood maps put businesses, leaders on guard – St. Louis Business Journal

Articles Include:

• 11/15/10 – News Release: Local Governments, Businesses and Citizens File Suit Against the Federal Emergency Management Agency to Block Faulty Flood Insurance Maps

Articles include:

• 06/15/10 – Levee repair price tag falls from $450 million to $170 million – bnd.com
• 05/20/10 – FEMA offering sharply discounted insurance rates for 2 years under flood remapping push – CanadianBusiness.COM
• 05/20/10 – Metro-east residents can get cheaper flood insurance rates – BND
• 05/20/10 – FEMA to offer discounted insurance for those in Metro East flood plain – STLToday
• 03/12/10 – Costello forms bi-partisan Congressional Levee Caucus – BND
• 02/22/10 – Money grab’ by FEMA? Lawsuit considered over levees decision – BND
• 02/18/10 – Levee repair officials will ask feds to guarantee revenue toget started – STLToday
• 02/18/10 – Levees are key concern for those who live on old floor ofthe river – STLToday
• 02/09/10 – One-man levee road show: Chief engineer has a mission and a message – BND
• 02/07/10 – Some Metro East businesses fear new flood rules – Suburban Journals
• 02/07/10 – Lawmakers look for more money for levees: ‘$2 million a year isnot going to cut it – BND
• 01/22/10 – Wood River levees worse than thought, more expensive to restore – stltoday.com
• 01/18/10 – Illinois officials ask feds exactly what’s wrong with theirlevees – stltoday.com
• 01/10/10 – FEMA and Corps have explaining to do – bnd.com
• 01/06/10 – Durbin wants FEMA to release levee data, briefmetro-east residents – bnd.com
• 01/05/10 – Are levees bad? Prove it – bnd.com
• 01/04/10 – Metro-east gets a year’s reprieve on new flood maps, insurance hikes – bnd.com
• 01/03/10 – Are our levees really that bad? Regional panel wants FEMA to show evidence of flaws – bnd.com

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Articles include:

• 12/23/09 – The $500 million question: Why repairing our levees keeps costing more – Suburban Journals
• 10/09/09 – Levee breach is most serious, avoidable risk facing metro 
St. Louis – stltoday.com
• 10/05/09 – Metro East Levee Upgrade Costs Climb – stltoday.com
• 09/06/09 – New Flood Rules, With a Price Tag
• 08/06/09 – Holding back flood insurance – bnd.com
• 08/03/09 – Levee repair status updated – thetelegraph.com
• 08/01/09 – Costello: Bill would halt flood insurance increases – 
bnd.com
• 07/17/09 – Levee restoration work begins under Sterman – St. Louis 
Business Journal
• 07/17/09 – Levee restoration work begins under Sterman – St. Louis 
Business Journal
• 07/06/09 – Costello working to buy time for American Bottom
residents, businesses – Illinois Business Journal

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Articles include:

• 06/24/09 – SW Illinois Flood Prevention Districts’ Council Officially Up 
and Running – STLToday.com
• 05/09/09 – Local officials battling bureaucrats and budget on levee
repairs – Illinois Business Journal

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Articles include:

• 10/03/08 – Guest view: Region pushes ahead with levee restoration – 
bnd.com

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