Lawmaker also announces $1.125 million for 18th Street Lift Station
NEW ULM — The crosswind runway was not the only New Ulm project to received federal funding this session. Klobuchar said the city also received $1.125 million for the 18th Street Lift Station project. The 18th Street Lift Station project would help automate the flood control in this area by pumping water on the city side of the levy back into the Minnesota River. “The lift station would allow us to automate the entire system and having the pumping capacity to reduce the near flooding events,” Stadheim said. There are homes that need to be protected from flooding, but ...