Fayetteville council endorses 31 Beaver Creek 2 flood‑mitigation projects for CIP, will pursue grants

Fayetteville City Council members on Feb. 3 gave consensus to accept 31 proposed solutions from the Beaver Creek 2 watershed study and asked staff to program the projects into the annual Capital Improvements Program and pursue grants as applicable.

The motion was moved by Councilor Mahindros and seconded on the floor; council voted by consensus, unanimous with those present, to allow staff to include the Beaver Creek 2 solutions in CIP prioritization and to seek grant funding.

Alicia Lanier, managing the watershed master plan program for the city, told the council the watershed studies were started after a 2018 directive to accelerate stormwater capital work. “The ultimate goal is to visualize a flood resilient Fayetteville,” Lanier said, summarizing the city’s aims and how the studies were structured to prioritize areas with repeated flooding, isolated neighborhoods and structures at risk.

Lanier said the…