 Neal Secures $700,000 for North Adams Flood Chutes ProjectThe Corps of Engineers is in the midst of a three-year, $3 million study of the aging concrete flood chutes that control the passage of the river through the city.  Special Minerals Agrees to Pay Adams, River Groups Over River DischargeSpecialty Minerals is expected to pay $299,000 for a discharge of calcium carbonate into the Hoosic River nearly three years ago in a consent decree with the Attorney General's Office.  Hoosic River Revival Begins Listening Sessions on River Feasibility StudyRather than the Hoosic River's concrete-contained waters that flow largely unseen through the city, some residents see places for fishing and swimming, bike and pedestrian paths, and spaces for gathering and belonging.  Funding Secured for North Adams Flood Chute StudyThe federal government has committed to funding half the $3 million needed for a feasibility study of the city's 70-year-old flood control chutes. North Adams Endorses Funding for Flood Control StudyThe funding is the city's share of the estimated $3 million study being done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which constructed the chutes in the 1950s. |
