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Napa Flood Project coverage
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October 11th, 2009
Moving swiftly on the Napa RiverIt was more than a decade ago that Napa County voters approved Measure A, a sales tax increase to support the massive effort to protect Napa from common and sometimes disastrous winter floods.
Flood control: The next three yearsFunded with nearly $100 million in federal stimulus money, the Napa River / Napa Creek Flood Protection Project will be in high gear for the next three years.
October 4th, 2009
Flood money a trickle, but it won't hurtThis year’s federal allocation for the Napa flood project will be a paltry $1 million, which in any other year would be a cause for concern.
September 23rd, 2009
Workshop to explain flood map revisionsNapa will hold two free public workshops to explain new revisions to floodplain maps.
August 26th, 2009
The insistent, annoying sound of flood control progressThat steady pinging in your head is the sound of progress.
August 14th, 2009
License flap on flood projectThe Napa flood project ran into a wave of embarrassment this week when it appeared that the company with the $65 million federal railroad relocation contract had let its license expire.
August 5th, 2009
Flood work delays worry Napa Creek neighborsLinda Kerr is a leader of Napa Creek residents monitoring flood control efforts in her neighborhood, and she’s worried that she is seeing a bad omen.
August 2nd, 2009
First Street Bridge reopens after 14 months of constructionIt has been a little over a year now that Napa resident Bruce Beatty has been able to use First Street to visit his sister who lives on the east side of town. But on Saturday afternoon that changed with the re-opening of the First Street Bridge at Silverado Trail.
July 31st, 2009
Third Street closure delayed many monthsPlans for a prolonged closure of Third Street starting next month for flood control work have been put on hold.
July 30th, 2009
First Street bridge to reopen SaturdayThe new First Street bridge over the Napa River — a $15 million span with “iconic” light obelisks, pedestrian overlooks and sidewalk ribbons of glass — is scheduled to open to traffic Saturday.
July 22nd, 2009
Third Street to be closed for flood workWith federal stimulus money about to kick the Napa flood project into high gear, plans are afoot to close Third Street for at least two months after next month’s Napa Town and Country Fair and use the former Napa Pipe site as a soils dump.
July 18th, 2009
Flood project could get $5 million boostIn any other year, the $5 million working its way to Napa’s flood control project would be far from enough to keep the pricey project on schedule. But on the heels of a surprise $99 million federal stimulus award, the extra cash would be like icing on the cake.
June 5th, 2009
Flood control lobbying in D.C.The Napa flood control district will keep the services of a Washington, D.C. lobbying firm to work for additional federal funding.
June 4th, 2009
Napa railroad track work starts this monthAfter eight months of planning, construction should start this month on the $65 million Wine Train relocation contract, flood control officials said Tuesday.
May 14th, 2009
No stimulus money for Napa River dredgingThe federal economic stimulus program rained down $99.5 million for Napa River flood control, but not a cent to remove a growing accumulation of silt.
May 13th, 2009
No stimulus money for Napa River dredgingThe federal economic stimulus program rained down $99.5 million for Napa River flood control, but not a cent to remove a growing accumulation of silt.
May 8th, 2009
Money means flood control comes soonerWith $99.5 million in federal stimulus money, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can now speed up relocation of Napa Valley Wine Train tracks and build Napa Creek defenses.
May 2nd, 2009
Big check for big projectA crowd of local and federal officials gathered at Napa Mill Friday afternoon to celebrate the Napa flood project’s abrupt reversal of fortune.
April 30th, 2009
Officials 'thrilled' at $99 million for flood projectA bucket load of federal economic stimulus money rained down on the Napa flood control project this week, fully funding a dream list of improvements, including flood protection on Napa Creek.
April 29th, 2009
$99 million for Napa flood workRep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, announced Tuesday that the Napa River Project will receive more than $99 million in federal funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
April 8th, 2009
Halfway home on flood projectIn the grand tradition of weighing mixed news, we are happy to declare that the Napa River flood plain is now half-empty.
March 12th, 2009
Napa’s new flood mapsThe city will present new preliminary flood hazard maps for the Napa River, Napa Creek and the Salvador Channel at a meeting on March 24.
March 11th, 2009
Track work to begin downtownConstruction of the next major phase of the Napa flood control project — the relocation of two-thirds of a mile of railroad track and the construction of two rail bridges — is about to swing into high gear.
March 8th, 2009
Flood control price tag leaps to $398 millionBecause of inflation and a lagging construction schedule, the estimated cost of the Napa flood control project is now $398 million, a $33 million increase from two years ago.
Bad news for flood control projectProspects for speeding up the Napa flood control project got hammered with a double dose of bad news this week.
February 26th, 2009
Napa flood money trickling inMatching local expectations, the House of Representatives voted $10.5 million Wednesday for the Napa flood control project.
January 9th, 2009
A setback for Napa CreekGrowing cost estimates have seemingly doomed the possibility that Napa Creek flood defense work could get under way this year.
November 22nd, 2008
Supporters and critics clash over UpValley projectSeventy supporters and critics of the St. Helena’s flood control project showed up at a public hearing last week to tell state officials whether the project should get a $3.1 million state grant.
November 13th, 2008
Flood control could benefit under ObamaAmerica’s current economic problems could be a godsend for the Napa flood project, producing millions in federal aid as part of President-elect Obama’s economic stimulus efforts.
October 15th, 2008
Firm defends flood contractWhen an Alaskan native corporation was awarded a $65 million contract last month for the next phase of the Napa flood project, a regional contractor cried foul.
October 8th, 2008
Lobbying for flood money during financial stormWhile the president and the Congress anguished over the $700 billion set aside to rescue America’s financial markets, Napa County representatives were in Washington asking for a piddly $65 million for the local flood control project.
October 2nd, 2008
Coombs Street span paves way for more creek workDowntown Napa’s new $1 million pedestrian bridge over Napa Creek isn’t exactly a bridge to nowhere, yet something appears amiss.
September 25th, 2008
Alaskan company gets no-bid, $65m flood contractA small Alaskan native corporation has negotiated a $65 million, no-bid contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build new Wine Train facilities for the Napa flood project.
Feds favor Native Americans in contract biddingHow does an Anchorage-based corporation owned by nearly 3,000 of Alaska’s aboriginal people win a $65 million federal contract to build the next phase of the Napa flood control project?
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