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Edwall secures grant to combat flood damage

EDWALL - A grant in the amount $10,645 from the Washington State Conservation Commission will fund efforts to address chronic flooding in Edwall, where late February 2025 deluges inundated State Route 231 near Reardan and flooded homes and garages in the town, located between U.S. Highway 2 and Interstate 90. The roadway was temporarily closed due to the flooding.

Edwall has faced similar conditions before. In February 2014, record rainfall caused Simpson Creek, upstream from a project site near Thorpe Road, to overflow, flooding the town center and causing permanent damage that led to the clo...

 
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