Hoover City staff present multimillion-dollar engineering capital requests including drainage, sidewalks and signal upgrades

City engineering staff presented a package of capital and maintenance requests for fiscal planning that together cover drainage improvements tied to the October 2021 Shoals study, multiple sidewalk and traffic-signal projects, parking-lot and lighting work at the Hoover Met complex and a new dam-safety program required by state legislation.

The presentation highlighted a Green Valley drainage improvements project—split into two phases—intended to implement recommendations from the Shoals study after the October 2021 flood. Staff said phase 1 (downstream at Napier) is estimated at $1,000,000 and phase 2 (continuing up Paulette Drive and Charlotte Drive) at $1,250,000, with the presenter saying the two phases total $2,420,000. The engineering package also includes a request for construction funding for a Big Valleydale project (identified in the presentation as a $1,000,000 set‑aside).

Engineering staff described a request to repair and resurface the lower Hoover Met parking lot, including patching, inlet repairs, a wearing surface, striping, 22 new light poles, camera…