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Response <br />Comment appreciated and duly noted. No change to Action Plan necessary at this time. <br />Comment <br />Did you experience flood damage? <br />My objections to the proposed Balance <br />No <br />nearby long standing housing. Indeed that very scenario played out twice in 2015, creating the housing disaster that has now led to this request for federal relief funds.The concept <br /> of a river bypass is ill conceived. Despite supposed Corps of Engineers endorsement of such plan (reference Louisiana for one of many Corps debacles), any such successful diversion <br /> of a naturalriver would only exchange one set of flooding victims to others downstream. But the mist likely scenario would be that many millions more dollars would be needed to study, <br /> engineer, buy out land, install the system. That additional funding is far from certain, and the ability to enact such structure before the next big flood is even less likely. And those <br /> issues don't even begin to explore the ecological impacts to the river and riparian systems already designed by nature. Spending the money on current flooding victims is much smarter <br /> than the foolish waste of time and money that the bypass would create.Thank you.Form Question:Answer:Comment:River Bypass are these:The plan ignores scientific evidence that a healthy <br /> riparian zone is the best flood prevention. The plan would bypass the normal riparian zone, creating a superhighway conduit for greater downstream impact.The plan would have impact <br /> on communities such as Prairie Lea, Martindale and Luling downstream which would have no vote in this matter.Established flood plain maps would no longer be accurate, putting current <br /> home owners at new risk for <br />Element <br />Source <br />Date <br /># <br />149/2/16Online FormInfrastructure <br /> <br />