Morgan County board outlines REDI-funded drainage work to divert flows from cemetery
The drainage board described engineering changes funded by a REDI grant to reroute watershed flows away from Artesian Avenue toward a cemetery storage ditch, with bids advertised and construction expected to begin after an April award and localized work largely complete by July.
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Unidentified Speaker 3, a board member, said county engineers redesigned a REDI-funded drainage project to prevent runoff from entering the cemetery ditch and to improve storage behind Artesian Avenue. The plan calls for blocking a secondary ditch at Artesian Avenue, installing a raised high spot to split flows, and laying back cemetery banks to add storage, Speaker 3 said. “Were gonna block it at Artesian Avenue, and were gonna block it where it turns and goes down into cemetery,” Speaker 3 said.
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