Redmond receives Flood Control District grant
Published 2:42 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Correcting a poorly designed stormwater system that impacts traffic along West Lake Sammamish Parkway is the focus of a project that received a grant from the King County flood Control District (FCD). The City of Redmond will be able to make upgrades with the grant given by the FCD for projects that focuses on both flood prevention and flood mitigation.
“We are so pleased to see many projects on the Eastside funded,” said Mayor John Marchione.
“We are thrilled to partner with the city of Redmond to keep roads safe and commute traffic moving through avoiding flooding of streets along West Lake Sammamish Parkway N.E.,” said Flood Control District Supervisor Jane Hague, who represents Redmond on the Flood Control District.
The $340,500 grant will allow for improvements along Northeast 50th Way and West Lake Sammamish Parkway. The area is subject to frequent flooding due to a poorly designed stormwater conveyance system that sends flows into a steam channel that ultimately discharges back into the conveyance system.
This approved project will separate the stormwater flows and pipe them directly to the downstream piped conveyance system while maintaining base flows in the stream, thereby eliminating stream flooding, without causing new flooding downstream.
A total of $2.8 million in grants were available in 2015 for projects throughout King County. The funds were awarded on a competitive basis by the Flood Control District. Eligible applicants included homeowner associations, private non-profit organizations or associations, schools, special districts, tribes and King County jurisdictions.
Funded projects must be completed within 36 months of receiving funds.
