Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry has requested a congressional inquiry into the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers regarding the flooding of downtown Summerville.

On Friday afternoon of last week, the commissioner posted on social media, a request he had made to U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s office asking for the inquiry.  In his request, the commissioner said, “the office of the Sole Commissioner of Chattooga County requests for a congressional inquiry to the Army Corps of Engineers for mitigation for the flooding that has continuously plagued the downtown Summerville area in Chattooga County…..the office of Sole Commissioner additionally requests an emergency mitigation approval by the Army Corps of Engineers to allow the City of Summerville and their partner agencies to make the necessary adjustments to the town creek to help mitigate future flooding.”

A reply from Valerie Jones with Congresswoman Greene’s office indicates that Rep. Greene has requested the congressional inquiry.

There was no other comment from the commissioner regarding the request.