| 31. | Even before its authorization, the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway was the subject of controversy.
 
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 | 32. | The Templeton Gap Floodway was built in 1949 to divert waters and reduce the likelihood of flooding.
 
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 | 33. | From the air, the city is surrounded by the ribbon of water that still fills the floodway.
 
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 | 34. | As part of this project, the Corps of Engineers established the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway.
 
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 | 35. | The floodway is operated by a controlled destruction of the levee, either with explosives or by overtopping.
 
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 | 36. | The river over-topped the levee, but did not erode it enough to activate the floodway.
 
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 | 37. | In the spring of 2002, flooding covered over in the New Madrid Floodway, destroying of crops.
 
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 | 38. | He is cited for establishing the Manggahan Floodway and Para�aque spillway which alleviated flooding problem in Metro Manila.
 
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 | 39. | The bottom line is that the floodway has adequate capacity for the rate of flow we are talking about,
 
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 | 40. | Malaka Raya is meant for the construction of a floodway to prevent flooding from the East Flood Canal River.
 
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