This week, Coconino County officials finalized more than $100 million in funding for post-wildfire flood mitigation. This follows his 26,500-acre pipeline fire last summer that caused devastating flooding in and around Flagstaff.

Flood officials this week approved $42 million from the US Forest Service for projects in and around San Francisco Peaks. Work is expected to begin this spring, and officials said the alluvial fan restoration and other projects will help mitigate some of the most damaging floods that affected thousands of homes. I’m here.

“This funding will have a tremendous impact in enabling the district to move forward and start the very important projects that are needed both inside and outside the forest. We are working hard to move it.” He is also a flood control district manager.

She said the full range of work could take two to three years to complete.

Additionally, the Arizona Department of Forest and Fire Management announced this week a $10.9 million matching fund for neighborhood flood mitigation. The Forestry Service also allocated an additional $16 million to the City of Flagstaff to repair the Inner He Basin’s water supply pipeline, which was severely damaged by last summer’s floods.

From June to August 2022, there were a total of 45 major flooding events caused by pipeline fires. These affected homes in some areas northeast of Flagstaff and residents west of Flagstaff.

Much of Coconino County’s flood mitigation funding was included in a bill President Joe Biden signed into law in December.