This is just in from the NYS Canal Corporation, a brand new web domain, dedicated to NYS Canal Integrity. Now this may look the same to some but the website for the Earthen Embankment Integrity Program, or EEIP, has been rebranded. You can click the link below to see. www.nyscanalintegrity.org/ And the biggest change to…
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Holley Falls Embankment Dam – An Accident Waiting to Happen?
It's no secret that the raised Earthen Embankments that make up much of the Erie Canal are unsafe. But getting the public to understand the safety issues to their communities, and having them engage the New York State Canal Corporation (NYSCC) to quickly identify these unsafe earth dams and repair them, has been a…
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NYSCC NYSCC EMBANKMENT DAM INTEGRITY ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT – WHAT’S NEW?
It took awhile but the BIGGEST concerns that the ECNA has had all along with this Unsafe Embankment work appears to be taking shape. Mandatory Flood Insurance, for some Erie Canal Neighbors, is a possibility. If you have taken any time to look over this new Earthen Embankment Integrity Program (EEIP) draft Generic Environmental Impact…
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NYSCC Embankment Dam Integrity Environmental Statement – What’s Missing?
“The New York State Canal Embankment Dams are UNSAFE!” That’s what neighbors living along the Barge Canal in western New York were told back in late 2017. NY Canal Vegetation Management Project Website The embankments that line the canals on both sides of the waterway at times, were built about 100 year…
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