The Monterey County Board of Supervisors authorized a letter to federal representatives urging support after the Army Corps of Engineers announced that repairs to the Pajaro River Levee have been delayed. All the levee repairs were projected to be completed by the end of the year, but now the goalpost has been moved to July 1, 2024. Repairs to Site 1 were completed in early October, but work has just barely begun on Site 3, and it hasn’t even started on Site 2.The letter in part reads, “Any storm system this winter that elevates river water levels to the elevation of the compromised levee system at either Site 2 or Site 3, ahead of permanent repairs jeopardizes the protection of life and property adjacent to the Pajaro River in those locations.”