U.S. Reps. Jimmy Panetta and Zoe Lofgren, as well as U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler recently advocated for sustained federal investment in the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project in a letter to the Biden Administration. (James Herrera/Monterey Herald)
MONTEREY – Four California lawmakers recently advocated for sustained federal investment in the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project in a letter to the Biden Administration.
U.S. Reps. Jimmy Panetta and Zoe Lofgren, along with U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler, urged the continued prioritization of the flood risk reduction project critical to protecting disadvantaged communities along California’s Central Coast.
The Pajaro River’s levees are about 12 miles long, were built in 1949 and have broken several times in the decades since, causing flooding and damage to communities and farmland.
The Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project is the $599 million effort to reduce flood risk from the lower Pajaro River and Corralitos and Salsipuedes creeks. It will provide 100-year flood protection to the city of Watsonville and the town of Pajaro, and a mix of 100-year and 25-year…
