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Stormwater study set for east Fayetteville area By JOHN MUNFORD An analysis of stormwater flow in the east Fayetteville basin was approved by the City Council Thursday night. The study will center on areas east of Jeff Davis Drive, west of Nash Creek and north of Ga. Highway 54. The area includes the Weatherly Walk Apartments and other homes which experienced flooding problems last June caused by a heavy rainstorm. Officials want to evaluate flood elevations, specify preliminary culvert sizes to handle the 100-year design storm and recommend off stream flood control projects such as stormwater detention ponds if appropriate. The $56,000 cost will be paid for with funds from the city’s stormwater program, which is funded by user fees collected from homes and businesses in the city. The study will be conducted by Integrated Science and Engineering. Mayor Ken Steele noted this is one of the first “big projects” undertaken by the city’s stormwater utility. “I know people in the area are anxious for us to get started,” Steele said. City crews have cleaned debris from several tributaries that have had flooding difficulties in the past. In one case, a large storage shed was removed from the middle of a stream where it had floated after a flood in the area. The owner of the shed refused to remove it, according to city officials, but the impediment enhanced the chances of flooding again in the area.
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