A US Army Corps of Engineers official says repair of Kansas City District levees from spring 2019 floods is moving faster than expected. Colonel Bill Hannan, commander of the Kansas City District, was on the Capital View Levee at Jefferson City, Missouri inspecting repair progress. Repair on that levee is almost finished, but Colonel Hannan told Brownfield Ag News he’s taking home concerns he’s heard from local stakeholders.
“How do we move faster after a flood event,” said Colonel Hannan, addressing a group of reporters, “and what can we do in the future to prevent some of the devastation and damage that we saw after 2019.”
Missouri Corn Growers Vice President Jay Fischer, who farms land adjacent to the levee, tells Brownfield repair is always slower than he’d like, but it’s ahead of what he expected.
