[Opinion] Our opinion: Prudent city project adds another layer of flood protection to hundreds of Grand Forks homes

Our opinion: Prudent city project adds another layer of flood protection to hundreds of Grand Forks homes

Crews have been working all summer to expand flood protection on the south side of Grand Forks, and thankfully so. In June, the Grand Forks Herald reported on a project to enlarge holding ponds along South 40th Avenue, starting with the pond near the roundabout at Discovery Elementary. From there, the machinery rumbled eastward, scraping along the edges of other 40th Avenue ponds, which are connected by a canal system. Nobody thinks much of thos…