OMAHA - It could cost taxpayers $100 million to reduce the flooding risk to development that has sprung up along the Papillion Creek system.

That’s according to a preliminary study of the Omaha metro area’s flood vulnerabilities. The recently released study is jointly funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District.

Northern Douglas County farmers might be pressed to pay a steep price, too, under the plan — a proposed dam on Thomas Creek would inundate their land.

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