Three years after flooding wrecked homes in Wyoming County, demolition crews are now tearing them down for good.
It's part of millions of federal dollars going to make areas near Tunkhannock flood safe.
Demolition crews finish the work Monday that mother nature started three years ago.
Homes heavily damaged by the flood of 2006 near Tunkhannock are coming down. The flood plain will be clear of buildings.
"One big eyesore will be taken care of and I hope the neighbors will be happy with what's being done to clean this up," said Monroe Township Supervisor Walt Derhammer.
The flooding in the summer of 2006 hit hard along Myers Lane in Monroe Township.
The waters of Bowman's Creek wrecked the homes there.
"Everything's gone. You have three homes here nothing left. Nothing's salvagable inside," Jeff Snyder said at the time.
Now the federal government is buying out four property owners along Myers Lane, tearing down the homes and turning the land into a recreation area; a spot for children, the elderly and disabled to fish.
"As we keep growing we keep needing more and more recreation. We have ballfields now but we're running out of room," Derhammer added.
"If Bowman's Creek does flood again like it did in 2006, it won't have the impact on peoples' lives in the dramatic nature like it did back then," said Congressman Chris Carney.
In all $2.5 million in federal emergency management money will go to buy out 11 properties and do demolition across the county to prevent flood damage along streams in the future.
It's part of millions of federal dollars going to make areas near Tunkhannock flood safe.
Demolition crews finish the work Monday that mother nature started three years ago.
Homes heavily damaged by the flood of 2006 near Tunkhannock are coming down. The flood plain will be clear of buildings.
"One big eyesore will be taken care of and I hope the neighbors will be happy with what's being done to clean this up," said Monroe Township Supervisor Walt Derhammer.
The flooding in the summer of 2006 hit hard along Myers Lane in Monroe Township.
The waters of Bowman's Creek wrecked the homes there.
"Everything's gone. You have three homes here nothing left. Nothing's salvagable inside," Jeff Snyder said at the time.
Now the federal government is buying out four property owners along Myers Lane, tearing down the homes and turning the land into a recreation area; a spot for children, the elderly and disabled to fish.
"As we keep growing we keep needing more and more recreation. We have ballfields now but we're running out of room," Derhammer added.
"If Bowman's Creek does flood again like it did in 2006, it won't have the impact on peoples' lives in the dramatic nature like it did back then," said Congressman Chris Carney.
In all $2.5 million in federal emergency management money will go to buy out 11 properties and do demolition across the county to prevent flood damage along streams in the future.
