13-05-2025
North Sioux City commissioners discuss water diversion plans for McCook Lake
NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (KCAU) — The North Sioux City commissioners were met with pushback from the community over a new mitigation plan on diverting water after the flooding in June 2024 that destroyed many homes.
Stockwell Engineering presented a third option to the commissioners where water would be diverted back north, instead of going into McCook Lake.
The water would go into Mud and Goodenough Lakes as well as farm fields, before going back into the Missouri River.
The mayor said, people have something they don't like with every plan, so they intend to hold public hearings in the future to get the communities input.
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'Every plan is going to have pushback from the community, but the third plan, there are a few homeowners that would be affected, and I think our goal is to improve the plan, and get it good enough where it does not affect anyone,' said North Sioux City Mayor Chris Bogenrief.
Bogenrief added the goal now is to submit a plan to FEMA with the three different options, while the city and community decide on the official plan.
The commissioners also discussed Penrose and Northshore Drive that were affected by the flooding last June in North Sioux City, deciding that Penrose will get fixed up this summer while Northshore Drive will have a delay.
'Penrose would be starting soon in June. Northshore, there was still an environmental assessment that had to be done and some easements obtained, so that's why that one had to be pushed back to late fall or early spring,' said Bogenrief.
Bogenrief added that the funds for Penrose and Northshore Drive project is coming from FEMA.
The commissioners next meeting is set for Monday, May 19 at 6 p.m.
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