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Hendersonville outlines $4.2 million Lower Mud Creek floodplain restoration to reduce risk to 93 properties
Summary
The City of Hendersonville presented a Lower Mud Creek Floodplain Restoration project with a $4.2 million funding package to restore stream and wetlands, create greenway connections and reduce flood risk to 93 properties valued at about $60 million.
City of Hendersonville stormwater officials on Jan. 20 described a planned Lower Mud Creek Floodplain Restoration project intended to restore natural floodplain functions, reduce local flood risk and add greenway connectivity.
Michael Huffman, stormwater director for the City of Hendersonville, told the Local Government Committee for Cooperative Action that the project will restore more than 3,000 linear feet of stream, enhance more than 20 acres of wetlands and riparian area, and create passive recreation amenities. The project also includes roughly 2,500 feet of paved greenway and about 1,600 feet of natural surface trail to improve connectivity.
Huffman reviewed the history of channelization in the Mud Creek watershed and past major floods, saying large‑scale channel modifications and increases in impervious surfaces reduced flood storage and heightened flood velocities. He said the project will create approximately 20 acre‑feet of flood storage and reduce risk to 93 properties with an estimated $60 million in assessed value.
The funding package Huffman described totals about $4.2 million, including $1.9 million from the NC Division of Water Infrastructure (stream and floodplain restoration), $1.2 million from the NC Land and Water Fund for property acquisition and stream work, $600,000 from a Water Resources development program, $250,000 for water‑based recreation (trails), $250,000 from the GoldenLEAF Foundation for Phase 2 design, and $200,000 in city in‑kind project administration.
Huffman said substantial completion at the Brevard Church site is expected in March 2026, construction at the Wilson site is slated to begin in January 2026, and Phase 2 design work would begin in summer 2026. He invited questions and provided an mhuffman@hvlnc.gov contact for follow‑up.
Next steps: the city will continue construction and design activities as scheduled and pursue the funding and property acquisitions described in the presentation.
