4/10/13 – 10:14 A.M.

The permitting process continues for the Blanchard River flood reduction process. The Maumee Watershed Conservancy District got an update on the process Tuesday morning. Adam Hoff of Stantec Engineering says a public hearing on the project’s water quality impact is coming up soon…

Audio: Adam Hoff

Hoff says if all goes according to schedule they’ll hold a public hearing in late May. After that, they hope to put the project out to bid in June…

Audio: Adam Hoff

Stantec says the river benching project will lower the 100-year flood by about a foot in downtown Findlay.

The Conservancy is only working on improving the Blanchard’s flow through Findlay at this point. There hasn’t been any movement on proposed dry storage basins south of the city.