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Consultants present DeSoto drainage master plan, identify top 5 flood projects with $14.285M estimated cost
Summary
Half Associates presented a citywide drainage master plan that identified 40 flood-prone locations and prioritized five capital projects (Mockingbird Hill $2.4M; Westmoreland Heights $6.7M; Club Parks $340k; Ellerson Trace Park $845k; Summermeadow $4M) and proposed outreach and funding paths for implementation.
Consultants from Half Associates told the DeSoto City Council on Jan. 6 that a new drainage master plan updates the city's 2001 guidance, digitizes stormwater assets, and ranks flood-risk areas to guide capital projects.
"We identified top 40 flooding areas of concern," consultant Wakaar Fatima said, describing a watershed-level analysis that used 2D HEC-RAS modeling for 2-year, 10-year and 100-year storm events to estimate depth and frequency of flooding. Fatima said the team also collected historical complaints and…
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