$10 million allocated to North Pole flood control project

Nearly $10 million allocated to the Army Corps of Engineers will pay for work to insure the integrity of the Chan Flood Control Project in North Pole.
Project Manager Tim Faevel said additional relief wells will be installed along the seven-mile long earthen dam to protect it from ground water seepage during high water events.
”Those are the black pipes that you see on the downstream side of the dam,” Faevel said. “There’s about 160 of them in place right now, and what th