Board approves SEWRPC study to analyze Greenway Culvert after updated floodplain map adds 14 structures
Trustees voted to hire SEWRPC for a hydraulic alternatives analysis of the Greenway Culvert after engineers said updated floodplain modeling places 14 structures in the 1% floodplain and that modifying the culvert could remove several homes from the floodplain; the study is analytical only and replacement costs were described as likely in the low hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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The Village Board voted to approve a hydraulic alternatives analysis of the Greenway Culvert by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC) after updated floodplain mapping returned by the commission showed an expanded 100‑year floodplain that places 14 structures within the regulated floodplain.
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