Politics & Government
Feds Review Ellicott City Flood Plans
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reviewed 60 flood mitigation plans in Ellicott City.
ELLICOTT CITY, MD — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Monday night presented its findings from its review of Howard County’s flood mitigation plans in the wake of two devastating floods that washed through Ellicott City. Residents of historic Ellicott City remember the devastation well — two 1,000-year floods ravaged the community in 2016 and 2018, flooding dozens of businesses and killing three people.
Monday night, some of those residents joined county officials to see the corps’ review of the county’s plans. “We performed an independent review, we provided some advantages some challenges for each of the measures we evaluated,” said Andrew Leyman with the corps.
