Funding Agency: Umatilla County

Award Amount: $75,000 + $400,000 from the County, plus 2 million in Emergency Funds from the State

Project Start Date: November 2021

Projected End Date: 2024

Primary Entity: City of Echo

Project Description: The County gave the City of Echo funding to develop a design for bank stabilization immediately upstream and through the City of Echo. The City hired the engineering firm A&P to take the exisiting 10% NRCS designs to 100% and obtain the necesarry permitting. In June of 2022, an emergency erosion event took place and emergency rip-rap had to be installed to protect houses from going into the river. The funding for this project will be used to work on the mitigation stabilization design that will be required by the regulatory agencies now that the river has been fundamentally changed, and will also include two addotional location on the river outside the City of Echo. 

Next Steps: Awaiting Cultural Resource finalization.