The City has been working on Reecer Creek and West Ellensburg flood management projects since 2010. Phase I, completed in Spring of 2023 south of Dolarway, re-located a section of Reecer Creek into a new channel that supported fish habitat and constructed a setback levee. Phase II bonded five million dollars to acquire 56 acres of land, extend the setback levee up to the Burlington Northern Railway, build a new fish passable 35-foot bridge on Dolarway, and construct three contiguous flood swales. Construction of the northern levee extension was delayed for two years by additional, unanticipated cultural resource investigations, but was given the green light by the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation in early 2025. Construction was completed in September, and landscaping will be installed in October and November of 2025.