The stormwater improvement project planned for the York neighborhood could begin this summer, giving residents some relief from issues of flooding and standing water after heavy rains.
A public meeting was held Thursday evening to allow city and project officials to update residents on the plans. Chad Burke, representing the design company assigned to the project, said they learned that high-intensity short-duration rainfall is the largest trigger for the flooding in the area — which also deals with very level ground.
A solution was formulated to turn a plot of land on the west side of Carter Road into a 3-acre detention basin that will attract the water during rainfall and remain dry during normal weather conditions.
The City will be bidding out the project in March with hopes to begin construction soon after and finish everything by the end of the year.
The project includes adding and replacing some of the piping on the following roads:
- North Stratford Dr
- South Stratford Dr
- Harlan Ave
- Bittel Rd
- Ellis Ave
- Griffith Ave
“There will be disturbances with what I’m anticipating may be some of the bigger issues like removal of trees, fences in some of these backyards mainly by York ditch street closures, things like that,” City Engineer Kevin Collignon said.
The current ditch is slated to be widened to 8 feet from its start to North York Street. From North York, it will be widened to 22 feet.
Collignon and Burke noted that there will be some residential properties in the line of the widening. They said the easement will extend to the right of way of the property, but some fences may be in the way. Collignon said that affected residents can either remove the fence themselves or have the construction company remove the fence and they will dispose of the fence after.
Information regarding the residences impacted will be available on the city’s website in the near future, Collignon said.
