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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) The North Dakota State Water Commission authorized cost-share grants for the first phases of Valley City and Lisbon’s permanent flood control projects approved on May 30.

State Water Commission spokesperson Jessie Wald says both cities were approved to receive 80% of their eligible project costs in grant funding. The remaining costs of the projects are eligible for loans from the State Water Commission.

The State Water Commission will allocate funds appropriated in the 2013-2015 biennium. The total amount of grant and loan funding approved was $12,540,294 for Valley City and $1,775,000 for the Lisbon project.

The Valley City flood protection plan will use a combination of permanent structures such as clay levees, concrete flood walls, and removable flood wall closures as protection from future flood waters.

Lisbon’s proposed plan is to install a clay levee through an area on the northwest side of the city.