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County hears multi-year flood-study update; LJA says modeling mid-2026, master plan by 2027-28
Summary
LJA Engineering briefed the court on a CDBG-funded, countywide flood and drainage study: delays tied to late LIDAR data, completion of hydrologic work, integration of bathymetry and 800 structures, $9.2M spent to date with $11M-12M remaining, and a schedule that puts master-plan deliverables into late 2027 or early 2028.
Liberty County commissioners on Jan. 27 received a detailed technical briefing from LJA Engineering on the countywide CDBG-funded drainage and flood-risk master plan and approved a contract extension to allow continued work.
William Common of LJA Engineering told the court that a delay in receiving LIDAR data (flown Jan.-Feb. 2024 and received March-April 2025) prompted the extension request but that hydrologic evaluations are complete and hydraulic modeling and structure…
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