FLOOD CONTROL IN ILLINOIS

A 2-year study of flood problems in Illinois identified deficiencies in existing programs and proposed a comprehensive program that coordinate the resources of local, state, and Federal Governments. The program has 6 goals: reduction of the urban flood damages; prevention of future damage; speeding up and strengthening the State's response to limited flooding problems; seeking reinbursement for property damage where flooding cannot be eliminated; reduction of agricultural flood damages presently occurring in Illinois; and strengthening the ability of local governments to solve urban drainage and flood problems. Initial effort will inventory and rank problems by severity so that priorities may be established. Efforts designed to achieve the above goals are listed. Some of these efforts relate to the design of state flood control projects, increasing federal and local government financial participation, the prevention of new damageable development on the flood plains, the protection of state investment dollars, the provision of data to local governments to implement their own emergency flooding programs. Actions are also listed which relate to the provision of assistance to local government units in solving water damage problems, participation in Federal Flood Insurance programs, and agricultural flood control.

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  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trcircular/178/178-007.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the TRB 54th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Ackermann, W C
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: p. 12-14
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: 178
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Agriculture; Costs; Drainage; Emergencies; Federal government; Financing; Flood damage; Flood protection; Grant aid; Insurance; Inventory; Investments; Land use; Local government; Regulations; State government; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Assistance programs; Reimbursable costs
• Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Law;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00138122
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 6 1976 12:00AM