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Warrick County drainage board approves Kirby PUD drainage plan amid neighbors' flooding concerns
Summary
The Warrick County Drainage Board on Feb. 9 approved drainage for the 11.65-acre Kirby planned-unit development after engineers said detention basins are sized to the 100-year event; nearby residents warned downstream ditches could still be overwhelmed during extreme storms.
Warrick County Drainage Board members on Feb. 9 approved drainage plans for the Kirby planned-unit development, an 11.65-acre subdivision north of Oak Grove Road, after engineers said the project’s basins exceed county standards and will release less runoff than current undeveloped conditions.
Glenn Merrick, an engineer with Cash Wagner and Associates, told the board that “both detention basins have been designed for the hundred year to store the hundred year, and release at the 5,” and that the design goes “above and beyond” the county’s 50-year baseline. Merrick…
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