PASCO COUNTY, Fla., (WFLA) – With hurricane and wet season right here, Pasco County leaders are working to ensure their stormwater system can deal with the elevated quantities of water.
The plan has been years within the making, however the course of just isn’t with out its challenges.
County leaders stated they aren’t simply specializing in flooding from the hurricanes, but in addition out of your typical summer season thunderstorm.
The county is not any stranger to flooding; to assist repair the problem, they’re engaged on their stormwater grasp plan, which hasn’t been up to date in virtually 20 years.
There are 15 initiatives they need to implement over the subsequent decade, and they’re taking public enter from their classes to assist create them.
The objective of the undertaking is to create a cheap method of taking folks out of the flood zones.
“The way in which we’re making an attempt to try this by means of our stormwater grasp plan is thru our Capital Program, so, we’ll make investments in the neighborhood, give you a storm water plan for that neighborhood, and add infrastructure that may alleviate flooding for that neighborhood,” stated Jason Mickel, Public Works Director for Pasco County.
That course of is simpler stated than accomplished, the largest hurdle is that they want a spot for that water to go with out flooding another person.
“We do not have a ton of elevation, we’re flat, we now have lots of water, we now have lots of rain, we now have over 50 inches yearly. In Florida, it is both at 40 or 60 a yr, or another excessive,” stated Mickel. “So, it’s extremely tough to foretell what kind of rainfall you are going to get, and you then add hurricanes, tropical storms on high of that.”
Throughout Tuesday evening’s assembly, residents introduced up points like lacking pumps to assist with the flooding, particularly alongside Little Highway.
“I do not care the place it went, I need to know when it’ll come again, as a result of the rationale they had been put in was to help the water in getting away from that space,” stated a resident.
The county stated they’ve needed to do some maneuvering with the pumps over the previous few years, however every part shall be again in place.
“There’s been some complaints concerning the aesthetics of these pumps, we have tried to form of make them look higher. Straight away, we had a few of these issues, because the storm season begins to method,” Mickel responded.
The county then confirmed they are going to have the pumps again in place and in operation.
By knowledge collected from final yr’s hurricanes and suggestions from residents, the county will modify a few of its initiatives.
An enormous space of concern is the east aspect of the county, with areas like Dade Metropolis and Zephyrhills.
The following public enter session shall be Tuesday, June 10, from 6-8 p.m. in Dade Metropolis. It is going to be held on the Historic Pasco County Courthouse, within the boardroom on the 2nd flooring.
