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Naples seeks prioritized plan for stormwater basins; estimates range into hundreds of millions
Summary
Consultants' Basin 4 and multi‑basin assessments identified large stormwater upgrades — pipes, pumps, seawalls and road raises — that could together cost hundreds of millions; staff asked council to approve a Kimley‑Horn task order to prioritize individual projects, and council signaled support to pursue phased work and grant funding.
Two recent engineering studies presented to the City Council on Jan. 13 identified extensive drainage upgrades needed across multiple low‑lying basins in Naples and a separate, more detailed plan for Basin 4 (Aqualane Shores area). The consultant analyses showed a range of potential improvements — pipe upsizing, new pump stations, upgraded outfalls, seawalls and road raising — and provided system‑level cost estimates that, if every identified improvement were built, would total in the mid‑hundreds of millions.
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