Flood Risk Reduction Projects in Dunn, Clyde, and Smithfield

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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Flood Resiliency Blueprint, in partnership with the North Carolina Land and Water Fund, is providing $1.1 million for three flood risk reduction projects located in Dunn, Clyde, and Smithfield. These projects aim to restore more than 1.29 miles of stream and 50 acres of floodplain, as well as retrofit a pond to reduce flooding. One specific project in Clyde involves restoring nearly 0.48 mile of stream and 5.3 acres along the Pigeon River to reconnect the river to its floodplain, increase flood storage, reduce erosion, stabilize eroding banks, enhance river-bank habitat, and create a 10-acre flood storage system with improved water quality and recreational access.