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County hears proposal for new tile on 50 South to curb recurring flooding
Summary
County staff outlined a preliminary plan for a new tile east of 421 on 50 South to reduce repeated closures; staff estimated a 24-inch pipe, roughly 2,400 feet, and a preliminary cost of "100,000, give or take," and said funding must come from county highway or private partners rather than maintenance money.
County staff presented a preliminary plan to install a new drainage tile on 50 South, east of State Road 421, intended to reduce recurring flooding that has at times closed the road for extended periods.
"I mean, we may not get all the water off it immediately after a 3 inch rain, but we can get it off of there within 12 hours probably," a staff member said when describing expected performance. Staff also said the proposed route would require crossing two overhead Duke transmission lines and that the planned alignment goes to an open ditch to avoid railroad crossings.
Staff said sizing is preliminary but likely a minimum of 24 inches. A rough preliminary estimate discussed in the meeting was "100,000, give or take," and a length on the order of 2,400 feet was mentioned; the staff emphasized these are rough ballpark numbers pending engineering. "This is just very preliminary. We don't have any engineering yet," the staff member said.
Because the project is a new tile rather than maintenance, staff said it cannot be funded from watershed maintenance money and would need to draw on county highway funds, private contributions or a combination. The staff described the likely pathway as a public–private partnership and said county engineers and partners (including landowners) will refine the route and cost estimates before a required public hearing.
Local property owners including Jim Strong described existing tile on private land and said prior repairs reduced flooding. "We have a 10 inch tile that starts about the transmission poles... and dumps out in the ditch," said Jim Strong, who described the layout and history of repairs that he said had decreased road flooding. Staff said the project will require at least two more meetings and a formal public hearing; a rough 30-day notice timeline was referenced for next steps.
Provenance: initial proposal discussion begins at SEG 045 and related public testimony and timeline references run through SEG 287.
