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City says it is stabilizing 18th Street Canal and will inventory box culverts; county to manage larger grant work
Summary
Interim environmental services director Sean Maroney told council the city placed rock temporarily in the 18th Street Canal to shore up a failing DOT‑installed salinity dam and that Volusia County will manage the federal grant project that funds permanent repairs; the city will complete a 60‑day inspection and inventory of overflow box culverts per DEP direction.
City staff told the Edgewater City Council on Feb. 24 that temporary rock and filling work in the 18th Street Canal was a short‑term measure to shore up a failing, DOT‑installed salinity dam while the city awaits a county‑led, federally funded repair project.
"For the 18th Street Canal, there are concerns about somebody dumping rock in the canal, and that is us," said Sean Maroney, interim environmental services director. He explained the city is "shoring up the salinity dam that currently exists that was permitted and installed by DOT" and that the structure is failing. Maroney said the work is designed to keep water from undermining Riverside Drive while the larger grant‑funded repairs are designed and put out to bid.
Maroney told council Volusia County will manage the grant and reimbursement process and the city will pay 25 percent when the county seeks reimbursement from federal funds. "Volusia County is actually gonna manage the whole project and then as they submit for reimbursement from the federal level, they'll ask us for 25 percent," he said.
On box culverts, Maroney said the city has 60 days to inspect overflow structures and prepare a repair plan for DEP; staff will inventory and photograph all box culverts, not just those flagged by a resident, and identify any that are prefabricated and not modified. He cautioned that repairs may change water‑holding characteristics and could affect local flooding patterns, and that state permitting requirements must be followed.
Council asked staff to bring a plan to the council when the inventory is complete; Maroney said he would present the plan as soon as it is available.
