Flood control price hike for thousands of Ohioans could be delayed

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Flood control price hike for thousands of Ohioans could be delayed

The Great Miami River running lazily beside Sherry Hoskins's business Petals and Wicks has become the bane of her existence in recent weeks.The infrastructure that keeps the river inside its banks through Hamilton, built and maintained by the Miami Conservancy District, suddenly threatened to get so expensive to maintain she feared she'd be put out of business."There's no way we can sustain the increases," Hoskins said.The conservancy district h…