Jamestown, ND  (KCSi-T.V. News)  — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says flood-control options for the James River Basin, will likely take three years, and cost more than $600,000.
The flood risk management study identifies potential to develop cost-effective management tools.
Project manager for the corps in Omaha, Jeff Greenwald, says the Corps is in the process of scoping the project with input from the public and government agencies.
The process takes a long-term look at the costs and benefits and includes some problems unique to the James River basin.
The corps has spent about $31 million in emergency management and advance measures costs in Jamestown during the heavy flooding years of 1993, 1997, 2009 and 2010.
The feasibility study is being conducted by the corps working with the James River Joint Water Resource District, a consortium of Dickey, Eddy, Foster, LaMoure, Stutsman and Wells counties — the six counties included in the James River basin in North Dakota.
The Jamestown City Council has approved  supplying half the required local funding up to $25,000.
Additional meetings are scheduled for 6 p.m. today at LaMoure and June 15 at Oakes.