$15 million approved for Dead Man’s Run Flood Reduction Project

The United States Army Corps of Engineers has approved the study to reduce the risk of flooding in Lincoln’s Dead Man’s
Run watershed.

The approval moves the NRD, the city and the Corps from a study phase into a planning phase.

This comes after 4 years of public input at open houses and informational meetings.

"We are really glad to finally be able to put together a project for these people and start working toward making their property safer, themselves safer and also helping them out financially," said public information specialist, Mike Mascoe.

The federal project will include widening the main channel from Cornhusker Highway upstream to 48th street.

Also, construct a concrete flume, which would be a channel for stormwater, relocate a state fair park access road and plant trees and grasses to ensure no negative environmental impacts.

The project as a hole will shrink the 100 year flood plain by 250 acres.

"There will be a lot of homes and businesses and properties that can now be free of any flood insurance requirements, you know that’s a big part of the whole thing," said Mascoe.

Once they complete the design and acquire land rights, construction is expected to begin in 2021.