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Article: Elm Grove studies new flood strategy
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- February 19, 2001
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Elm Grove studies new flood strategy
Apartments, motel would be purchased, razed
By SCOTT WILLIAMS
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Monday, February 19, 2001
Faced with concerns that diverted floodwater could cause problems
in neighboring Wauwatosa, officials in Elm Grove are studying a new
strategy to manage future floods.
The strategy could involve acquiring and demolishing two Blue
Mound Road businesses -- the Sleepy Hollow Motel and Villager
Apartments complex -- to clear the way for a large new detention
pond.
Village leaders deny that their previous plan had posed a threat
to Wauwatosa, but they are considering the new alternative developed
by engineers at the Southeastern Wisconsin ...