For the Reporter

The King County Flood Control District (FCD) hosts a community meeting and open house on Monday, June 8 in Kent, where residents can learn more about a new flood risk reduction project.

The project will replace and upgrade 1.4 miles of existing levee and revetment along the east bank of the Green River between South 212th Street and Veterans Drive/South 228th Street.

The meeting is from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Kent Commons Community Center, 525 Fourth Ave. N., corner of James Street and Fourth Avenue North. The meeting will include an open house to review conceptual project alternatives, a presentation of the project, and an opportunity to ask questions and provide input into project alternative selection.

Project alternatives will be presented that provide increased flood protection, relocate and improve Van Doren’s Landing Park and the Green River Trail, and create shallow water and floodplain habitat along the Green River. Selection of a preferred alternative by the FCD is expected this summer, and construction is expected to begin in 2017.

FCD funds for the project total $17.7 million. The King County Rivers and Floodplain Management Section is managing the project in partnership with the City of Kent.

For more information about the project or to sign up for project updates, go to kingcounty.gov/rivers or contact Erik Peters at 206-477-4797 or erik.peters@kingcounty.gov.