Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Diversion Project Background Located along the Red River of the North, the Fargo-Moorhead area is prone to flooding. In order to establish permanent flood protection, the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Diversion Project was created. The proposed project would involve the construction of a 35-mile long diversion channel located in North Dakota that would direct floodwater around the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. The project would temporarily store up to 200,000 acre-feet of flood water immediately upstream of the diversion channel inlet in order to minimize downstream impacts. The plan would remove much of the Fargo-Moorhead area from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s regulatory floodplain. If built, the diversion would significantly redu

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