Levee improvements are going to cost more

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The Vincennes Water Utilities has run into some unexpected costs related to levee improvements along the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park property.

Levee Superintendent Hunter Pinnell says a sprinkler system located inside the project area is going to have to be relocated.

Pinnell says there are a lot of electric valves and old copper piping that’s going to have to be replaced or re-routed in order to comply with standards set by the Army Corps of Engineers.

The project includes raising the South Lawn of Park by 3-feet.

The Vincennes Redevelopment Commission agreed to appropriate an additional 85-thousand dollars to assist with cost overruns related to the levee work.

The R-D-C to date has spent just over 1-point-1 million dollars for levee improvements.