COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP, OH — A Columbia Township neighborhood that has struggled with dangerous flooding for years is finally getting relief through a newly completed flood prevention project.

The North Madison Place neighborhood has experienced flooding from a nearby creek at least four times in recent years, according to residents.

"There's a big wooded ravine back through there coming down from Indian Hill," said Nathan Self, project manager and engineer for Strand Associates. "What this project did was raise the wall height about two feet, so that makes it so the water has to build up higher before it can get over, and then also provides about 12,000 gallons of additional storage volume for the water back behind here."

The project costs more than $500,000 in improvements, but residents

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