Oceanside gets $5.2 million for long-awaited flood control project
Oceanside will get $5.2 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to renew the long-stalled San Luis Rey River Flood Protection Project, which will protect homes and businesses along the river, reduce insurance costs, and provide sand for the city’s starving beaches. The money will help pay for sediment removal, vegetation management and levee improvements along the lower 5 miles of the river to safeguard against the level of flooding likely to occur at least once every 250 years, according to a news release from U.S. Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano.