(GRAND ISLAND INDEPENDENT) The Grand Island Independent reports, "The Northwest Flood Control Project has been delayed two more years. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is starting an explosives remediation project at the former Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant site that will shut down construction of water detention cells meant to prevent flooding in northwest Grand Island. 'They (the corps) showed up at a meeting (Wednesday) and said they need a 6,000-foot blast zone from their 17-acre project,' said Milt Moravek, projects director at the Central Platte Natural Resources District. 'There can be no human activity in that area.' The 17-acre site area lies just north of Capital Avenue and east of Schauppsville Road. Landmines had been discovered in the area in the past, resulting in the area being fenced off from the rest of the plant."
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