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Summit County holds public hearing on Copley Ditch drainage improvement petition
Summary
County engineers presented preliminary plans for the Copley Ditch Drainage Improvement Project, an estimated $1.4 million effort funded by the Surface Water Management District that would reshape channels, add storage and obtain easements on roughly 64 properties; the public record stays open for 10 days.
Summit County officials opened a public hearing on a petition to reconstruct and stabilize the Copley Ditch drainage course aimed at reducing erosion, scour and neighborhood flooding. The hearing, held during the county council meeting, put preliminary engineering plans and impacts before residents and property owners.
County Engineer's Office presenter Dave Coombs said the proposal would “clean, remove obstructions from, degrade, store, reconstruct, stabilize the drainage course, and install channel improvements to mitigate future erosion, scour, and flooding.” He told council the estimated project cost is $1,400,000 and “this is going to be covered by the Surface Water Management District.”
Why it matters: the work would alter the…
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