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| https://www.heitkamp.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=61a4256a-3f50-4429-9b1f-a1a355a97ebd | Heitkamp Emphasizes Need to Secure Support for Lasting Flood Protection in Fargo-Moorhead Region | 2015-12-22 | 2015 | 2015-12 | Democrat | House | ND | Heidi Heitkamp | H001069 | www.heitkamp.senate.gov | legacy | FARGO, N.D. On the heels of significant new construction resources secured for 2016 in the end of the year spending bill Congress passed last week, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today met with local leaders from the Fargo-Moorhead region to discuss the need to secure a new construction start for the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion. During the meeting, Heitkamp spoke with Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney, Moorhead Mayor Del Rae Williams, Fargo Diversion Authority Chairman Darrell Vanyo, as well as the rest of the congressional delegation, about the year-end spending bill which included $1.8 billion in construction resources for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers nationwide $690 million more than initially proposed in the initial budget and new construction starts. Heitkamp who has consistently urged Congress to construction starts for the flood project in Fargo will continue to work closely with officials at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which will make decisions about projects that get the new construction starts, as well as local, state, and federal officials to make sure North Dakota has the lasting protections it needs to avoid flood devastation. To help keep our communities strong, we have to make sure they are effectively protected from natural disasters that have devastated North Dakota towns in the past and that requires the kind of strong investment in flood mitigation projects Congress passed last week, said Heitkamp. For years, Ive been working with folks leading communities like Fargo who have seen the wreckage from flooding firsthand, and have held the hands of families still reeling in the aftermath. Thats why Ive pressed to make sure their voices are heard directly by leaders at OMB and the Army Corps of Engineers, as well as by my colleagues in Congress who passed a spending bill that makes the strong investments our communities need. Todays meeting with Fargo and Moorhead leaders is another step toward building a strong public-private partnership and the bill Congress passed requires at least one of the new starts to be a project which uses this model. Continuing to work together, well keep pushing for those lasting protections to become a reality. In September, Heitkamp met with Lieutenant General Thomas P. Bostick, the head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority to discuss the need for permanent, comprehensive flood protections, as well as to push for a new construction start. Later that month, Heitkamp spoke with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shaun Donovan to stress the need for budgetary support for efforts to advance permanent flood protection in North Dakota communities. Heitkamp has been consistently working to press for permanent, lasting flood protection and mitigation efforts in the Fargo region: Bringing local and federal officials together to support the Fargo-Moorhead diversion project. In May 2015, Heitkamp met with city officials from Fargo and Moorhead to discuss mutual efforts to push top officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and OMB on using public-private partnerships to advance the project. Soon after, Heitkamp spoke with OMB Director Donovan to urge him to take action so the diversion project could continue to move forward. This fall, Heitkamp and Lieutenant General Bostick met with the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority to discuss permanent, comprehensive flood protections during his first-ever visit to Fargo. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |