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Mayor: Deer Creek mitigation held during intense Nov. 5 storm; city credits crews for response
Summary
Brentwood officials said the Deer Creek flood-mitigation project performed as designed during an intense Nov. 4–5 storm; city leaders credited parks, public works, police and fire for response and cleanup and reported no overtopping of Deer Creek into the project-area stretch of Manchester Road.
The mayor told the Brentwood Board of Aldermen on Nov. 18 that the city's Deer Creek flood-mitigation project, which was designed to address a 100-year rain event, held up during an unusually large storm in the early hours of Nov. 5. "It was designed to address only a 100 year rain event," the mayor said, adding that officials "believe" the storm was "at least a 500 year rain event." He said Deer Creek did not overtop its banks or send water onto Manchester Road within the project area.
The mayor credited municipal…
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