Officials seek information about July 10 storm

Dodge County Emergency Management is requesting residents share information on private property damage from the July 10 rainstorm.
The information provided may be used to complete the East Fremont and Elkhorn Township Drainage Improvement Project Application. Residents and businesses having any damage, minor to severe, can submit photos and a brief damage narrative at the county’s Nebraska Emergency Management Office webpage. Participants should click on the “Report Disaster Damage Property” radial button.
A link to the site will also be posted on the Dodge County Emergency Management Facebook page.
The City of Fremont, Dodge County and Lower Platte North Natural Resource District, as part of the Joint Water Management Advisory Board, partnered to develop a drainage project to be readily implemented in the Elkhorn Township area, including east Fremont.
A project study will be completed to assess Fremont’s internal drainage needs and examine the out-letting drainage ditch system in the Elkhorn Township area east of Fremont. This project will assess the holistic situation and propose project alternative to be pursued and a finalized design to submit with a hazard mitigation application to state and federal partners.
State and federal partners require a costs analysis prior to the approval of project funding.
“The information collected from the public will help the city and county provide the cost justification to complete the drainage improvement project, ” said Tom Smith, Dodge County Emergency Manager. Community meetings about the project will also be conducted during the next several months.
For more information about the project, contact the county emergency management office at 402-727-2785.