Скачать или смотреть A Conversation with Les Sterman about Metro-East IL Levee Repairs 5-8-12

In the summer of 2007, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced there were design deficiencies in the levees which protect Madison, St. Clair and Monroe counties in Illinois. The Corps worried that those deficiencies could prevent them from "certifying" that the levees can protect those counties against a large Mississippi River flood. FEMA, based on the Corps findings, announced a decision to de-accredit the Metro-East levee systems. The reclassification of those counties as a special flood hazard area would have had a dramatic and chilling effect on economic growth. It would also have required most property owners to buy expensive flood insurance. Faced with a threat to its economy, Metro-East leaders made serious plans to fix the problem at a price people could afford. After years of preparatory work, today's guest, Les Sterman, Chief Supervisor for the Southwestern Illinois Flood Prevention District Council, is ready to start making repairs to the levees. As of today, May 8, 2012, Metro-East is still waiting for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to give its final approval. Conversation with Lee Presser is a weekly half hour television program seen for eleven years in the St. Louis market on Charter Cable TV.