| Show Sen Moss Recommends I Flood Control Survey WASHINGTON S Senator e n a tor Frank E E. Moss Utah D-Utah has urged the Senate Public Works Appropriations Subcommittee to appropriate funds for flood control control control con con- work on Mill Creek and Pa Pack k Creek In his prepared statement Senator Moss said I 1 recommended the addition of ot one item item for a Corps of ot Engine Engineers rs flood control study In n the area of Moab Utah The Corps has informed m me that the total cos cost cost of such a survey would be and can be for the study Inthe In Inthe Inthe the fiscal year 1963 1003 Moab h has a s experienced a phenomenal growth in the last I few tew ew years due to the development development develop develop- ment of ot uranium oil potash I and other valuable mineral re- re I sources of the region Most 1 of or orthe the he choice building sites in the city Ity were taken some some time ago and nd new residents have built their homes along the banks of ot I two small l streams which nn rus through the city Mill Creek and Pack Creek New water and sewer lines traverse these streams am and old drainage channels channels chan chan- nels are crossed by paved newly-paved highways which carry earry the heavier heavier ier traffic resulting from the city's new nw businesses As a in 1961 when n two serious cloudbursts cloudburst wh which eh occurred in the he rocky a an areas n north of town to two of ot the Mill Mil MillCreek Creek tributaries were filled with tons of water sand and mud which If emptied into lato base hue basements men meals ments band and across laW lawns l and I streets of the Steen and Walker I Subdivisions The Corps investigated Investigated I but because It appeared that at least two and probably four tour tributaries of Mill Mili Creek Creek were Involved In the flood damage the investigators felt it unwise to attempt any construction construction construction tion work until a comprehensive flood control plan could be evolved I hope funds can be appropriated so work can be started In the coming fiscal year on this plan I have received from Mayor Norman G G. Boyd of Moab a letter letter let let- etter et- et ter prepared by the Holder EngineerIng Engineering Engineering En En- Service of Moab on the flood control problem there which I would like to make a apart apart apart part of the record of the hear hear- ing I would also like to have included a clipping from the Moab Times-Independent Times which describes d the damage incurred In fn last years year's floods and Indicates indicates indi India cates cotes that the flood threat is a continuing one |
