floodway

The first activation of the floodway was in January 1937.

Primarily as a result of the Floodway, the city suffered little flood damage.

Largely as a result of this study, the province has been widening the floodway since 2004.

The second time the floodway was activated was on May 2, 2011.

Construction on the floodway project began 6 October 1962 and cost $63 million.

The goal was to reduce backwater flooding at the lower end of the floodway.

A similar situation took place in the St. Francis Floodway.

The floodway has been the focus of legal opposition by residents and landowners since its inception.

By 1931, the levee construction had created the New Madrid floodway.

However, the gap also permits backwater flooding in the lower portion of the floodway.

The floodway is named for the natural "gap" between several sandstone bluffs through which it flows.

Since the building of the levee, several other projects have occurred along floodway to further-control the stream.

This time the scope of the flood was so enormous, not even the floodway could protect Winnipeg as it had in 1979.

Construction of the Floodway started on October 6, 1962 and finished in March 1968.

Controversy continues to surround the issue of the environmental impact of the floodway upon the marsh.

In the third pier, which stands closest to the river bed, a small, arched floodway is integrated to let water pass.

Today the canal acts as a floodway.

The area is part of the New Madrid Floodway Project.

The result of which led to the construction of the Red River Floodway.

During the 1997 Red River Flood, the floodway was pushed to its limits.

Since 2004, he has been the leader of the Manitoba Floodway Authority.

Kangkong is cultivated extensively in the floodway as well.

The Red River Floodway protects the city from flooding.

Officials decided widening the floodway would be the best option despite the lower hydraulic capacity that would result.

There is a significant amount of environmentally sensitive land in the city; floodway, floodplains, wetlands and other water quality resource areas.