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City engineer outlines Weeks Wash flood-control plan, says $44.5 million federal award won but major design steps await environmental review
Summary
City engineer Emil Schmidt updated the council on a proposed large regional flood-control structure on Weeks Wash. The city secured a $44.5 million FEMA Flood Mitigation Assistance grant but must complete environmental/historical reviews and geotechnical work before final design and construction.
City Engineer Emil Schmidt told the council on Oct. 7 that Apache Junction has secured a $44.5 million Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant for a proposed regional flood-control structure on the Weeks Wash corridor but cannot begin earthwork until federal environmental and historic-preservation reviews are complete.
Schmidt described the preferred alternative as a roughly 30-foot-high structure north of Lost Dutchman Boulevard that would impound about 1,100 acre-feet of storm runoff across an 80-acre surface area—roughly 358,500,000 gallons—and provide flood protection for more than 4,200 parcels downstream. Initial cost estimates indicate the project will exceed the FMA award by approximately twofold, driven…
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