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08/23/2024
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Later this year, the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency will start construction of its $600 million Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project, a long overdue effort to improve levees along the Pajaro River and Corralitos and Salsipuedes creeks.

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01/31/2024
Mark Strudley, executive director of the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency, estimates that work will begin in late summer or early fall, starting at the Corralitos Creek Bridge.

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11/21/2023
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The legally binding agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Pajaro Regional Flood Risk Management Agency describes the $599 million project and the responsibilities of both parties.

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10/19/2023
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Work is underway to bore a tunnel under Highway 1 in Watsonville, which is part of the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency’s College Lake Water Supply pipeline project.

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06/21/2023
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Two years after its formation, the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency is already at risk of breaking up.

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06/19/2023
Image for display with article titled Monterey County Awarded $8 million in Joint Project to Create a Tiny Home Village for Unhoused Pajaro River Residents

The temporary housing plan for the river’s residents of both counties is a 34-unit tiny home micro-village in Watsonville, with a goal of transferring people to permanent housing.

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03/27/2023
Nearly five times as much was spent on levee maintenance and flood management on the Pajaro River's northern bank in Santa Cruz County than on its southern bank in Monterey County, where the levee failed and flooded the town.

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03/15/2023
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The Central Coast’s second largest watershed lies on the boundaries of four counties.

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02/06/2023
Mark Strudley of the new Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency lays out the race against time to build the levee project before the next devastating storms. There are many hurdles, including agency coordination.

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10/20/2022
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WATSONVILLE—Within the next two or three years, crews will begin work on rebuilding the Pajaro River Levee, giving 100-year flood protection to residents beset by years of devastating floods, and putting an end to a chapter in a South County story most would agree has gone on far too long. On Thursday, as passersby walked [...]

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10/06/2022
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WATSONVILLE—Gov. Gavin Newsom on Oct. 1 signed a bill into law that gives full funding to the long-awaited Pajaro River Levee Project, giving 100-year protection to the people who live in the South County communities that are prone to destructive flooding. Senate Bill 489, authored by Sen. John Laird, authorizes the Department of Water Resources [...]

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10/02/2022
A financial gap in the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project will likely soon get filled after Gov. Gavin Newsom authorized funding assistance to bring flood protections to South Santa Cruz County.

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06/09/2022
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After decades of efforts by local, state and federal officials, plans to rebuild the Pajaro River Levee can now move forward after voters in Watsonville approved an assessment on their annual property tax bills.

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04/27/2022
Image for display with article titled Long-needed Pajaro levee upgrade gets funding, but there is one more step.

For over 50 years, since 1966, the Pajaro River levee has been on the radar of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ reconstruction list as a needed upgrade to protect the community from flooding, yet it has remained undone. The…

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04/13/2022
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PAJARO—People living in south Santa Cruz County and north Monterey County could soon see Pajaro River’s levee system rebuilt, a long-awaited project that would offer up to 100-year flood protection to the area, and be a comfort to residents who have been beset by periodic floods since the 1950s. But whether the project can move [...]

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