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Congressman Sanford Bishop tours local flood areas
Posted: 04.08.2009 at 5:12 PM
Terry Graham

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Residents from Mockingbird Road spoke with Bishop and Dougherty County Public Works Director Larry Cook

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Congressman Sanford Bishop surveys flooded neighborhoods around Radium Springs Road. 

Residents from Mockingbird Road spoke with Bishop and Dougherty County Public Works Director Larry Cook.  Cook says that the pipe the water was coming through has been boarded up with a steel plate and sandbags.  Congressman Bishop says he passed an earmark for this area to do new flood mapping for emergencies. 

“It was either the very last appropriations bill or the one before it. But it takes a little while for the administrative processing to be done for that money to come down and be used and of course after the money comes down, the study has to be done,” said Bishop. 

Bishop says the flooding will help with that study so they can take the necessary measures.