Op-Ed | Rebuttal to Village Farms Flood Control Claims
The Village Farms project in Davis lacks a comprehensive flood plan and relies on unproven engineering design principles, posing a major flood risk to the city and its residents.
The Village Farms project in Davis lacks a comprehensive flood plan and relies on unproven engineering design principles, posing a major flood risk to the city and its residents.
The Davis City Council is considering the Village Farms project, which has been met with opposition due to flood risk concerns, but the project’s design meets or exceeds applicable safety standards and regulations, and the city’s flood risks are relatively modest compared to other cities in the Central Valley.
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Flooding is always a topic of discussion when new developments are proposed in Davis. However, when it…