Plans Made For Dyersville Floodplain

Dyersville City Council members have granted the city a flood plain development application permit to keep pushing forward with a water-quality initiative for the North Fork of the Maquoketa River. Slated to be constructed near the city’s maintenance shop south of Beltline Road, the wetland project’s purpose is to act as a stormwater retention area during high water events, and there are already plans to build a sister wetland just north of the Beltline in the future. Being referred to as Wetland #1 in planning documents, the project will be facilitated by a $100,000 Water Quality Initiative grant, which also requires a $100,000 match from the city. The timeline for Wetland #1 will likely be bid this spring and completed by summer.