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Weslaco hears engineering update and holds public hearing on Paisano drainage project
Summary
City engineers told commissioners excavation of a regional detention facility for the Kansas and Los Ritos drainage project is about 20% complete; the commission opened and closed a public hearing on the Paisano Drainage Improvement Project to support a Texas General Land Office disaster-recovery grant application with no public testimony.
City engineers told the Weslaco City Commission on Aug. 5 that excavation has begun on a regional detention facility tied to the Kansas and Los Ritos drainage improvements and that work is roughly 20% complete.
The update came during a presentation from the city’s engineering team, which said the detention facility—located at the Mayor Palupinha Park site—aims to remove roughly 600 to 800 homes from flood‑plain limits for a range of storm events and to increase detention capacity. The engineering presentation outlined precast storm box installation on Agostadero…
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