Feds to fund La Conner flood dike study

After years of lobbying by town officials, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to fund a study aimed at building a dike to protect La Conner from flooding from the Skagit River.

Under the Corp’ dike proposal, if the study proves the project to be feasible, it would be built in 2018.

And the agency is ready to fund $100,000 for the feasibility study, which will begin this year.

If the engineering study costs exceed that first chunk of money, the town would kick in for half the overage.

Should the plan move forward, a new levy would be built, mostly with federal money, along the northern...