TIMELINE

December, 1969: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases a study requested by the Cape Girardeau City Council on flood problems and land use policies for property along tributaries of the Mississippi River and Cape LaCroix Creek that is subject to flooding.

October, 1974: A comprehensive Water Resources Management Study for the Cape Girardeau-Jackson Metropolitan Area is released by the Corps of Engineers. This is the original study that eventually led to the present project.

May, 1986: Flash flood kills two residents, forces over 200 people to be evacuated and does $56 million worth of damage.

November, 1988: By a 2-to-1 margin voters in Cape Girardeau approve a 10-year quarter-cent sales tax to fund the city's 25 percent share of the flood control project.

April, 1989: Delegation from Cape Girardeau appears before a U.S. House of Representatives committee to outline case for funding.

October, 1989: President George Bush signs Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, which includes $500,000 in start-up funds for the project.

May, 1990: Local cooperation agreement between Department of Army and city of Cape Girardeau signed for project. This formalized the city and corps entering into the project.

October, 1991: Work on Cape LaCroix project begins.

October 1993: Work on the first phase of Walker branch begins.

Fall, 1997: Entire project should be finished.