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SupportTheDeepening - Deepening river channel is necessary for port stability
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Deepening river channel is necessary for port stability |
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December 29th, 2009 11:32am |
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(from The News Journal) -- As far back as the mid-1960s, it was proposed and studies were made to construct a dam near Newark across the White Clay Creek. I thought this was a marvelous idea. This would enhance wildlife, add to needed water supply for Newark, add immensely to downstream flood control and provide some recreation area.
The beauty of it was that the DuPont Co. would foot much of the bill. The environmentalists shot it down. Then came the 1990s, when Newark was running out of water. They had to gouge a huge hole in the side of a hill to build a lined reservoir. Building the reservoir, which required a great deal of litigation, cost Newark millions of dollars.
The White Clay Creek confluences with the Red Clay Creek near Stanton, where there has always been flooding. In 2003, flooding caused millions of dollars in damage, and New Castle County had to buy out most of the Glenville development, costing many more millions of dollars.
A dam at White Clay Creek, if utilized properly, would have mitigated the flooding impact in this area. Instead, we now have a National Wild and Scenic River, which makes the environmentalists happy.
Deepening the channel in the Delaware River will provide economic stability to the shipping ports on the river. I hope the project does not go by environmentalism, like the White Clay Creek.
Pete Lisinski
Middletown |
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