Capital improvement projects
Flooding and floodplains in King County

• Belmondo Revetment Enhancement Project (Cedar River)
  Determination of Non-Significance under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)
  
• Cedar Rapids Levee Setback Repair Project - 2012 (Cedar River)
  Determination of Non-Significance under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)
  
• Elliott Bridge Reach Mitigation Project (Cedar River)
  Cedar River wetland and aquatic habitat restoration project performed to mitigate the affects of Washington State Dept. of Transportation projects.
  
• Lower White River Countyline reach projects (from A Street downstream to Eighth Street)
• Countyline to A Street Project
• Rightbank Levee Setback Project
  
• McElhoe-Pearson Habitat Restoration Project
  Project is planned for summer 2012, restoring the Snoqualmie River channel and reconnecting a high quality wetland to provide off-channel rearing and flood refuge habitat for juvenile salmon
  
• Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Corridor Management Plan
  The King County Water and Land Resource Division will develop a Corridor Management Plan that will lead to a well-informed, comprehensive and strategic approach to conducting flood hazard-reduction projects in a way that optimizes expenditure of public funds to reach flood safety and habitat protection and enhancement goals and objectives.
  
• Rainbow Bend Levee Removal and Floodplain Reconnection Project (Cedar River)
  A three-phase, high priority flood hazard management project in the Rainbow Bend reach of the Cedar River to eliminate flood risks to residents and provide long term protection to a major regional transportation corridor.
  
• Reddington Levee Setback and Extension Project (Green River)
  Green River upgrade to replace and extend an old levee that protects Auburn and the Green River Valley, and to provide a wider riparian corridor to create more flood storage and enhance ecological benefits.
  
• Sinnema Quaale Upper Revetment Analysis and Repair Project (Snoqualmie River)
  This project will reconstruct approximately 1,200 feet of bank revetment to protect the Snoqualmie Valley Trail and State Highway 203 from ongoing bank erosion and slope instability.
  
• Teufel Mitigation, Flood Risk, and Habitat Restoration
  The King County Water and Land Resource Division has purchased the Teufel Nursery to provide room for current mitigation needs as well as for future flood risk reduction and salmon habitat restoration work.
  
• Tolt River Action Plan
  Work to understand the lower six miles of the Tolt River to inform future flood management decisions.
  
• Upper Snoqualmie Valley or River Residential Flood Mitigation
  The King County Water and Land Resource Division is partnering with the cities of Snoqualmie and North Bend to take a comprehensive approach to identifying and prioritizing the flood mitigation needs in the upper valley.
  

For more information about flood-related capital projects, please contact Saffa Bardaro, Communication Specialist, River and Floodplain Management Section.