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CRA analysis recommends WayPro valves, targeted pump stations and street raising to reduce Hollywood Beach flooding
Summary
CDM Smith presented modeling showing that redundant city-installed WayPro backflow preventers, two targeted CRA pump stations and selective street raising together reduce flood depths and durations on Hollywood Beach; board directed staff to inventory low points, press FDOT for maintenance/agreements and explore funding to accelerate two CRA stations.
At the Dec. 10 meeting, the Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency received a stormwater sustainability analysis from CDM Smith showing that a combination of redundant backflow preventers (WayPro valves), contiguous pump stations and selective street raising would reduce king‑tide and rain‑on‑tide flooding along Hollywood Beach.
John Goldman, CRA stormwater engineer with CDM Smith, told the board the firm modeled existing conditions and multiple interventions. The CRA has already installed about 19 redundant backflow preventers on the city side; Goldman said adding a similar number of additional WayPro valves at vulnerable structures would cost roughly $60,000 apiece (about $1.5 million for 19 locations). FDOT’s pump stations, by…
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