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Ashley Downs residents press council for plan after repeated flooding; city engineer has design but funding shortfall remains
Summary
Ashley Downs HOA president told the council last week's storm produced 4 to 6 inches of rain that overwhelmed local drainage, left yards submerged and nearly flooded homes; the city engineer has a design to upsize pipes but staff and council said funding must be identified.
Residents of the Ashley Downs subdivision urged the North Little Rock City Council on June 28 to move from discussion to action after repeated drainage failures left yards submerged and prompted residents to place sandbags at homes during recent storms.
Why it matters: Recurrent flooding threatens property and quality of life for Ashley Downs residents and may indicate underdesigned or failing storm infrastructure in a part of Ward 2.
Rodney Cotton, Ashley Downs homeowners association president, told the council that a recent storm deposited "between 4 to 6 inches of rain in a short period of time," overwhelming local drainage, submerging yards and nearly…
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