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<p>For anyone living in the Wyoming Valley&#8217;s West Side communities, realize the big turn the Susquehanna River makes in Forty Fort is cause for concern. The last near-flooding event here resulted in erosion and a breakdown at this site.</p><p>I am asking for our area&#8217;s U.S. representatives and the state&#8217;s two U.S. senators to request that consideration be given to building a large metal retaining wall to the top of the Wyoming Valley levee. Second, require cleaning the river&#8217;s islands of trees and debris, allowing for an easier water flow.</p><p>Any prevention to avoid the great flood of 1972 is money well spent.</p><p>Comments by local officials in response to these suggestions would be most appreciated.</p><p><strong>Robert Phillips</strong></p><p>Kingston</p><style>
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Letter to the Editor: Reinforce Wyoming Valley levee segment in Forty Fort