A flood-prevention project along West Haverstraw’s Minisceongo Creek was completed last week. The improvements should prevent a repeat of the catastrophic flooding that occurred there six years ago during Hurricane Irene, and Rockland County Executive Ed Day said though the project was budgeted at $1.12 million, it ended up costing about $963-thousand…
Audio clip: Ed Day
During Hurricane Irene in 2011, flood waters severely eroded hundreds of feet of the bank of the creek. A nearby apartment complex and residents of the surrounding areas had to be evacuated.
