Farmer-built levee breaks along U.S. 231
OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEHT) — Daviess County officials are reassuring the community not to worry after a levee built along U.S. 231 broke from flooding. It's located just past College View Middle School.
The Daviess County Sheriff's office says the levee was built by a farmer, and not the county. Officials says the water is draining into surrounding farmland.
The road remains open and unaffected.
Officials say if conditions worsen, a plan is already in place.
'Having spoken with several county officials, the determinations being made is that it was very unlikely that particular event would cause Highway 231 to be affected. We'll get the word out, and we'll put up barricades. We'll treat it just like any other flooded roadway,' says Sheriff Brad Youngman of the Daviess County Sheriff's Office.
The Daviess County Sheriff's Office says they will continue to closely monitor the roadway.
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