The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants to build a 1,400-foot levee to stop flooding in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Eastwick.

Unfortunately, it would increase flooding slightly in parts of Delaware County during a 100-year storm.

That is not sitting well with affected Delaware County residents, writes Sophia Schmidt for WHYY.

“You can’t push that on Delaware County,” Sharon Hill resident Donna Hunter said after a public meeting called last week by the Corps of Engineers to get input on the proposal.

The levee would run along Cobbs Creek and could withstand a 100-year storm, benefiting around 2,400 homes in Eastwick and preventing $4 million in flood damage.

It would also cause additional flooding for up to 328 structures near Cobbs and Darby creeks in Delaware County.

That would mean 1.2 feet of additional flooding in a 100-year flood at places like the Hook Road bridge over Darby Creek.

Not surprisingly, reactions to the proposal were mostly negative.

Although Army Corps officials said the levee would not cause any buildings currently dry to flood, residents and elected officials worry the “induced flooding” would mean expensive flood insurance, lower property values, and toxins from nearby industrial sites.

Read more details about the proposal and Delaware County reactions at WHYY.