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Forney council hears drainage design for Wayfair site; engineer says detention basins add about 6 acre-feet of storage
Summary
City engineering staff and the project presenter described two detention basins and use of an existing drainage easement to route runoff from the Wayfair site, and said further storm-event analyses are still pending before approval.
Forney City Council received a presentation on the proposed drainage design for the Wayfair development, which uses two detention basins and an existing 25-foot drainage easement to limit downstream impacts.
The presentation said the project’s drainage design is “primarily governed by 2 principles,” including state drainage rules that developments must not cause adverse impacts to adjacent properties and a required downstream assessment under the region’s iSWIM guidance. The presenter, Mr. Casey, told the council the project will construct an east basin and a smaller west basin to attenuate peak flows.
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