Boardman flood control work on hold

BOARDMAN — A decision by township trustees to shelve six flood control projects because of a financial crunch upsets some water-logged residents.

Trustees earmarked $1.25 million of the 2006 budget to do six projects to curb flooding. The work was expected to start this spring and about $155,000 has been spent for engineering for the work.

But earlier this month the trustees put those projects on hold.

“I don’t understand why,” said Dee Kountz of Tara Drive. She believed after many meetings with township official that one of the projects — widening a detention area running behind properties on Tara and Alverne Drive — would alleviate flooding problems at her home.

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