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After August floods, East Ridge moves to develop stormwater master plan and adopt updated FEMA maps
Summary
Following storm-related flooding this summer, the council directed staff to issue an RFQ for an engineering firm to create a stormwater master plan and set a schedule to adopt updated FEMA firm panels dated Feb. 28, 2025 to maintain National Flood Insurance Program eligibility.
City Manager Miller told the council on Sept. 25 that the city’s stormwater network—concrete flumes, channels, culverts and limited detention—could not handle the Aug. 12 storm that produced roughly 6.7 inches of rain in parts of the city. Miller recommended the council authorize an RFQ to hire an engineering firm to develop a stormwater master plan that inventories infrastructure, identifies problem…
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