Nearly three-and-a-half months after a flood eroded a creek bank in Gainesville, the city looks to begin the process of stabililizing the bank. According to the Ozark County Times, the April 29th flood changed Lick Creek into a raging river as it invaded businesses, destroyed fencing around Gainesville’s sewage treatment lagoon and caused millions of dollars in damage to Ozark County.
Lick Creek’s waters pushed rock and debris nearly 150 yards out of its regular bank all the way to the city’s lagoon. The stream is once again quiet, and the city is now able to address damage to the creek bank behind Bullseye and Gainesville Building Supply.
Gainesville City Clerk Lisa Goodnight says officials began applying for a permit to stabilize Lick Creek from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who governs streams and lakes. Corps regional specialist Rocky Presley told the Ozark County Times the permit normally takes less than two months to be processed. There is currently no timetable for the repairs.
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