LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A Little Rock levee district is getting $2 million to cover the cost of repairing recent flood damage.
The board of commissioners with the Riverdale Levee Improvement District approved the sum Thursday at a special meeting. The money will pay for work the levee district did in the area.
The district conducted additional engineering, construction and pump work to ensure its homes and businesses were protected from flooding.
Arkansas saw record flooding this year that damaged many levees.
Commission Chairman Mike Myers tells the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that the funding will keep the district afloat until it gets reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Levee districts are funded by a tax on businesses, developments and homeowners within the district.
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