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a

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hey , good morning . My name is Colonel

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john Stover . I'm the commander of the

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Fort Worth District for the U . S .

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Army Corps of Engineers and I'm on the

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site of the Dallas floodway

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groundbreaking ceremony and I have with

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me this morning , both Carlos and

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starving which our programming project

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managers for the project and I'm gonna

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hand it over to them for a second to

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give you a quick rundown on the project .

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Hello , good morning . My name is

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Carlos Denson . I'm the program manager

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supporting Dallas Floodway in Dallas

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Floodway Extension . We're definitely

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excited to be here today for the 2 77 K

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levy raise and slope flattening project .

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This project is very important to not

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only the core but also to the city of

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Dallas and Wells , the communities of

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Dallas . Uh this project , we will be

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raising the east and west levy . So

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just like Carlos said , we're doing

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this is what first of many of the flood

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risk management projects for the Dallas

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Floodway and Dallas Floodway Extension ,

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bipartisan budget act supplemental

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program . And uh we are as

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Carlos again said , we're raising the

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east and west levees and flattening the

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riverside slopes of both the east and

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the west levees . This is an exciting

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opportunity . It's been many years in

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the coming and we are excited that this

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project has started and all our ,

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you know partners in the team , they've

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been a huge asset on this project .

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Well , great , thank you Carlos and

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harvey uh in the U . S . Army Corps of

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Engineers . Fort Worth District stands

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proud with our contractors and our non

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federal partners , including the City

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of Dallas , to see this floodway

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project through to the completion .

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Thank

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you .