The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is among the agencies continuing to help those impacted by the flooding along the Lake Ontario shoreline.
Lieutenant Colonel Adam Czekanski is the Buffalo District Commander for the Corps (CORE).
He says the Corps is sending out engineers, to help state and local officials assess the infrastructure needs in the affected communities.
“As they’re taking notes and taking photos they’ll do additional analysis to see, to determine if there are other recommendations that need to be made to the state as far as where to apply resources to best address the issues along the shoreline.”
Czekanski says the U.S. Army Corps teams, which include a variety of engineers, will also look at what kind of work may need to be done in the near future if the flooding increases.
“Whatever temporary infrastructure has been put in place to mitigate impacts of flooding, is that going to be sufficient not only for today but also if there is potentially an increase of whatever the lake level may be in a few weeks, so they’re trying to assess for those conditions as well.”
The Army Corps will be offering help from hydraulic and hydrology engineers, geotechnical engineers, coastal engineers, and other personnel.
Also Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the state is scheduling additional visits by mobile command centers to provide information to people in the shoreline communities, including stops in Hilton and Sodus Point on Saturday, and Orleans County on Sunday.
A mobile unit from the NYS Dept. of Financial Services will be in the Village of Sodus Point, at Sodus Point Beach Park on Saturday from 10am to 8pm, and at the Town of Hilton DPW Garage on Manitou Road, also from 10am to 8pm on Saturday.
