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Warrick County drainage board approves Deaconess Gateway Campus parking lot, routes runoff to existing basin
Summary
The Warrick County Drainage Board voted 3-0 on Sept. 22, 2025, to approve a new parking lot at the Deaconess Gateway Campus. Engineers said stormwater will be detained in an on-site wet basin and conveyed through an existing pipe system to the Howard Williams Ditch.
The Warrick County Drainage Board on Sept. 22, 2025, voted 3-0 to approve construction of a new parking lot at the Deaconess Gateway Campus that will drain to an on-site wet detention basin and then into an existing pipe network that ultimately discharges to the Howard Williams Ditch.
Project engineer Jim Worley Jr. told the board the plan adds a parking area adjacent to an existing basin. “This is the Gateway Campus For Deaconess, and, there's a gray square there with kind of a pink line around the outside of it, and that is a new parking lot that they want to build,” Worley said. He described a nearby blue, irregularly shaped area labeled “basin” on the exhibit and said the basin will detain water before sending it into the existing pipe system that was installed for the Crossroads Church complex.
Worley said the basin has excess capacity and that the development’s runoff will follow the county’s existing drainage path toward the Howard Williams Ditch. “This water goes from our parking lot over to there's a there's an existing basin along the road, then it goes over that direction and through the Howard Williams Ditch,” he said.
Board members and staff reviewed questions about the outfall and other details; one staff member, identified only as Dennis, told the board he had reviewed the plans and that “everything's in order.” The board president then moved, and the board approved the parking-lot plan by voice vote, recorded as 3-0 in favor.
The approval followed routine opening actions at the meeting: the board approved minutes from Sept. 8 and claims totaling $528.86 by unanimous voice votes earlier in the session.
Board members also asked staff about additional parking options west of the site. Worley said staff are conducting due diligence on drainage for potential alternate parking sites, including areas toward the interstate, and are evaluating where water could be rerouted or stored if expansion proceeds.
No permits or follow-up deadlines were specified at the meeting; staff indicated additional site work and planning will continue and that drainage details for any future parking expansions will be brought back for review if needed.
