"WASHINGTON — As Mississippi’s governor toured massive flooding in the state, the Trump administration said Wednesday that it is giving another look to a long-dead flood control and drainage project in the Mississippi Delta that had been killed by the George W. Bush administration because of its potential impact on wetlands and wildlife.
The project, which the late Sen. John McCain once called “one of the worst projects ever conceived by Congress,” had called for huge pumps to be built at the confluence of the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers in Mississippi. It was rejected by the Bush administration in 2008.
“Had that veto not occurred, we believe that the flooding, particularly in the Yazoo backwater, would have been much less damaging,” said Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, after touring the region by helicopter.
Opponents say the pumps could worsen flooding downstream."
Ellen Knickmeyer and Jeff Amy report for the Associated Press April 3, 2019.
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