Canal changes proposed

LOGAN (AP) — Federal engineers are recommending changes to the Logan Northern Canal after a mudslide killed a mother and her two children in their home less than two weeks ago.

The canal broke on July 11 in the slide, and two plans drafted by federal engineers would see it either eliminated or rerouted.

Bronson Smart, an engineer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says it is not an option to repair and restore the canal as it was because of the high groundwater in the area and the history of landslides.

The first option would eliminate the canal, rerouting its water north to the Logan, Hyde Park, Smithfield Canal Co.

The other alternative would be to keep the canal largely intact but bypass the hillsides that gave way earlier this month by installing pipes under the road in a Logan neighborhood.