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Lakewood updates Clover Creek flood study; setback levee preferred, funding gap remains
Summary
City engineers briefed council May 19 on a Clover Creek study that modeled a larger hundred‑year floodplain than FEMA maps show; staff recommended a setback levee as the preferred alternative but said reaching 30% design will require roughly $365,000 more than currently budgeted.
Lakewood — City engineering staff and consultants updated the Lakewood City Council on May 19 about the Clover Creek flood study and said a setback levee is the preferred alternative to reduce the extent of the modeled hundred‑year flood.
Engineers told the council that an updated, two‑dimensional hydraulic model shows a broader‑than‑expected area subject to a hundred‑year flood; in that scenario portions of Springbrook and sections south of I‑5 would be affected. Staff said a setback levee — extending roughly between JBLM tracks and Bridgeport Way in its preliminary layout — would remove property from the floodplain but would require property acquisitions in locations currently within the modeled floodway.
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