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Hillsborough County stormwater study finds large capital gap; recommends asset maintenance, coordination and public outreach
Summary
Black & Veatch and county staff briefed Temple Terrace on a post‑Hurricane Milton regional stormwater assessment that identified a $300 million capital needs list and a funding gap; the firm recommended pump-station modernization, targeted ditch maintenance, updated flood modeling, interagency coordination and expanded public outreach.
Hillsborough County’s post‑storm assessment, prepared by Black & Veatch and presented to the Temple Terrace City Council and staff, concluded that capital needs to address countywide flood risk total roughly $300 million and that implementing the full capital program would yield approximately $120 million in avoided flood damages.
Black & Veatch presenter John Dingens summarized the firm’s seven‑month effort, which combined county flood models, asset inventories, public engagement and thousands of photographs. He said the study identified "flood focus areas" where flooding was more severe and that county flood models correlated well with observed flooding. Dingens added that the county’s higher‑resolution mapping sometimes…
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