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Friendswood engineering updates major drainage projects; city cites multi-agency funding and modeling
Summary
City engineers briefed council on six drainage projects including a regional detention basin with more than 700 acre-feet of capacity, Wickham terracing, and the comprehensive master drainage plan; presenters said design and environmental surveys are ongoing and that multiple funding sources have been used.
The Friendswood engineering department presented a quarterly update Sept. 8 on multiple drainage and flood-mitigation projects, summarizing work on utility relocations, detention ponds, terracing and a citywide master drainage plan. Maura Blackburn, a graduate engineer for the city, said six projects were current items for update and that the Friendswood Regional Stormwater Detention Basin project was recommended to use an offline (bridle-bottom) detention approach that avoids wetland and archaeological impacts and provides more than 700 acre-feet of detention capacity. Blackburn said rough grading tied to Galveston County ARPA funds provided roughly 250 acre-feet of detention to date and that final design…
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