The barriers, known as HESCO barriers, will span for about 1,400 feet along Cobbs Creek. They are about four feet high and three feet wide, and are made of fabric and metal wire filled with sand.

The Juneau Assembly on Monday night approved spending up to $2 million to install Hesco barriers along a stretch of the Mendenhall River as a semi-permanent levee to protect homes from flooding of ...

The city announced that it has received more than $1.3 million in federal funding to build what is called a "HESCO Barrier" thanks to efforts by Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon. As part of the ...

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Installing a semi-permanent levee along four miles of the Mendenhall River using what are known as Hesco barriers to help ...

The barriers, made by a company called HESCO, are basically massive heavy-duty sandbags in metal baskets. They’re used for flood fighting across the nation, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

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This week experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sought to address concerns about flood barriers and other prevention measures during a meeting of city leaders. Next week those experts will ...