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Associated Press - November 3, 2009 1:04 PM ET
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Cass County commissioners are supporting a diversion project on the North Dakota side of the Red River for flood protection.
The commissioners voted unanimously to support the idea Monday.
A member of the Cass County Joint Water Resource District Board, Tom Fischer, says a Minnesota diversion proposal has the best benefit-to-cost ratio based on figures from the Army Corps of Engineers. But he says that proposal also faces more resistance.
The city of Dilworth, Minn., has gone on record opposing a Minnesota diversion.
The Cass County resolution of support now goes to the Metropolitan Flood Management Committee, which is working to choose a flood protection plan by the end of the year.
The cost of a diversion project is estimated in a range of around $1 billion to more than $1.3 billion.
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