68-404b. Detention dams on Fort Riley military reservation to protect Ogden from flood waters.
68-404b
68-404b. Detention dams on Fort Riley military reservation to protectOgden from flood waters.The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized to negotiatewith the United States army and any other appropriate federal authoritiesto obtain consent to construct and maintain one or more detention dams onthe Fort Riley military reservation. Such dams may be constructed and maintainedby the state from funds of the state highway fund together with any federal,state or local funds which can be obtained for such purpose. If the secretaryof transportation determines that such dams should be constructed, suchdams may be constructed and maintained to protect the city of Ogden fromflood waters flowing in streams tributary to the Kansas river whose flowis or has been obstructed or redirected by improvements to highways in thevicinity of Ogden.
History: L. 1983, ch. 226, § 1; July 1.