Cedar River dredging and flood-control project

Renton undertakes a big dredging project on the Cedar River in food prevention. The overall project estimated to cost over $13 million funded by The King County Flood Control District. Besides, it’s also providing $7.5 million to fund the construction portion of the work.

The project includes to dredge more than 120,000 cubic yards of gravel and sediment from a 1.25 mile stretch of the rive. Besides, unstable banks will be repaired, outfall from storm pipes will be improved, vegetation will be replanted and invasive vegetation next to a levee and floodwall will be removed. The dredging operation starts from Lake Washington to the Williams Street Bridge.

The project could help protect homes, roads and bridges from major flooding this winter. It also reduces the risk of flooding to private, public and commercial properties.

The major dredging work will be finished in August when the river level is at its lowest. Other restoration work is expected to continue through November.

The news is collated by Globaldredge.com – Dredging Pipeline Supplier