Flooding Areas Examined by Strongsville Engineering Department

Ongoing engineering studies of flooding areas are being looked towards to help alleviate their issues according to cleveland.com.

The site reports that Strongsville City Engineer Ken Mikula said that so far, studies have been conducted on problem areas Lyons Lane, Admiralty Drive, Cortland Drive and the Waterford Crossing development. He then went into detail about what is known so far and what solutions are developing for those locations.

Lyon Lane has issues with outside water that overwhelms existing ditches and storm sewer drains according to the website. The proposed solution would be to construct a detention basin that would cost an estimated $600,000. Mikula told Cleveland.com that the plan is very preliminary.

The Admiralty Drive area experiences an overtaxed culvert and an existing retention basin overflows cleveland.com reports. Mikula told Cleveland.com that a solution for this are would involved increasing the size of the culvert and retention basin for $1 million.

Cortland Drive has similar problems. Specifically, the area’s culvert can’t handle heavy storms. Mikula told the website that the city is also looking at construction plans for enhancing the culverts at an estimated $350,000 cost.

For Waterford Crossing, a $500,000 plan to expand an existing retention basin is recommended, according to Cleveland.com. Mikula told them they hope to find opportunities for additional retention in the Waterford area as well.

The Cortland Drive project would be the first to go out for bid this year, Mikula told Cleveland.com.