FARGO (AP KFGO-AM) -- North Dakota's Republican House majority leader is proposing to spend $275 million on flood protection and water projects in his home city of Fargo.
Al Carlson made the announcement Wednesday on what he calls historic legislation. The bill would include $125 million for neighborhoods impacted by chronic flooding and $150 million for a project to transport water from the Missouri River to the Red River Valley.
Carlson says Fargo has always had a water problem, either "too much or too little.''
Carlson and Republican Bette Grande are up for re-election in a south Fargo district. One Democratic opponent, Pamela Anderson, says she thinks it's "interesting'' that Carlson decided to unveil the plan two weeks before the election and says he won't be able to fulfill his promise if he loses.