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Council approves annexation of 7.08 acres for Tribute Parkway after engineers’ stormwater briefing
Summary
After a technical presentation from Benish Engineering, the Aiken City Council passed second reading to annex 7.08 acres for Tribute Parkway right‑of‑way and emphasized detention ponds sized to maintain pre‑construction runoff; residents raised flooding concerns during public comment.
The Aiken City Council voted to annex 7.08 acres of city‑owned land along Thoroughbred Run and Powder House Road so the city can become the local issuing authority and own the future Tribute Parkway roadway.
Benish Engineering representative Oliver Weston told the council the project’s design criterion is to maintain pre‑construction stormwater runoff in the post‑construction phase, using detention ponds sized to handle roadway runoff only. "For phase 1 we did have a design criteria to maintain the pre construction stormwater runoff in the post construction phase," Weston said, adding that the ponds are retrofitted with maintenance practices to filter sediment and are…
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