Regional sewer district outlines $6.5 million Sheldon Road bridge rebuild to reduce routine flooding

Brook Park — The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District on June 10 told the Brook Park City Council that a planned replacement of the Sheldon Road bridge aims to stop frequent flooding that now makes the road impassable after routine rain events.

Nicole Noles, a district representative, said the district’s advanced planning showed the Abram Creek subwatershed near Sheldon Road overtops in two‑year storms and that the bridge — nearing its 90th anniversary — is undersized and showing concrete deterioration. “When the Regional Stormwater Management Program was being developed, one of the first things we did was take inventory of the entire regional stream system,” Noles said. “We identified problem areas and took a deeper dive into the flooding issues occurring right here in Abram Creek subwatershed.”

The nut graf: the sewer district is moving the project from design toward construction to reduce recurrent flooding and to remove utilities and maintenance burdens that now affect Brook Park residents and adjoining Middleburg Heights.

Most important facts: project schedule, scope, funding and traffic impacts. Noles said the sewer district is funding design with about $1.2 million drawn from the district’s Regional…