August 26, 2020
Media Contact:
Scott Peterson, Director of Communications, Office of Public Information, 202-277-9412
ELLICOTT CITY, MD – County Executive Calvin Ball will provide a progress report to the media on Ellicott City Safe & Sound flood mitigation projects on Thursday, August 27th at 11:00 a.m. Due to COVID precautions and space limitations, we are requesting media to rsvp to Scott Peterson at speterson@howardcountymd.gov if attending this press conference. The event will be livestreamed on County Executive Ball’s Facebook page for the public.
Ball announced the Ellicott City Safe and Sound Plan on December 28, 2018. The final plan selected last May will reduce flood waters on Main Street to less than a foot in a 100-year storm and approximately three feet in a storm the scale of the July 2016 flood.
WHEN: Thursday, August 27th at 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: La Palapa Cantina & Grill, 8307 Main Street, Ellicott City, MD 21043
WHO: Calvin Ball, County Executive