Proposed DeSoto County levee could shift east
Andy Simmerman, project manager with the United States Corps of Engineers, speaks during a public meeting on the Memphis Metropolitan Stormwater DeSoto County Mississippi Feasibility Study at the Landers Center. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily memphian)
The levee is slated in plans to parallel the east side U.S. 51, south of Goodman, protecting properties from Horn Lake Creek farther east.
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U.S. Corps of Engineers Horn Lake Bullfrog Corner Flooding Lee Caldwell Andy Simmerman David Young North MississippiToni Lepeska
Toni Lepeska is a freelance reporter for The Daily Memphian. The 34-year veteran of newspaper journalism is an award-winning essayist and covers a diversity of topics, always seeking to reveal the human story behind the news. Toni, who grew up in Cayce, Mississippi, is a graduate of the University of Mississippi. To learn more, visit tonilepeska.com
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