Massive levee project to protect Pajaro and Watsonville gets underway

It was March 2023 when a levee burst, completely flooding the community of Pajaro in . Now a massive new levee project is underway to give up to 100-year flood protection for Pajaro and surrounding communities.On Monday, crews were at work cutting down huge eucalyptus trees where the first phase of the project will be built.

" The San Francisco District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing construction of the project.



"Safety is always first for the Army Corps of Engineers and that has to be our priority every step of the way," said Tommy Williams, the Deputy District Engineer. Williams said environmental conditions are very different now than when the original levees were built in the 1940s. We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly.

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