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Engineers present drainage plan for New Rochelle High School pool; district estimates about 18 months to rebuild
Summary
A drainage study identified limited outfall capacity and groundwater influence; the district plans design development, subsurface utility work and hydrogeology testing before bidding construction. Superintendent and consultants said full reconstruction could take about a year and a half after contracts are awarded.
District facilities staff and external consultants presented schematic drainage solutions for flooding at the New Rochelle High School pool and surrounding campus, describing constrained outfalls, flat, sedimented pipes, and groundwater influence that together create frequent surcharge and flooding during storms.
"The entire lake when there's a rainstorm, and the level rises, that 1 pipe is the only outlet for the entire lake," civil engineer Chris Laporta said, describing a 12-inch outlet that becomes submerged when lake levels rise and causes drainage to back up into campus piping. Laporta, who identified himself as a civil engineer, said the firm prepared a…
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