City Begins New Town Stormwater Project
With the announcement by Gov. Ron DeSantis that Key West will be receiving $5 million for stormwater improvements, the Key of Key West is continuing to address flooding problems in the New Town area.
The City’s stormwater department is in the beginning stages of design for the Harris St. and 10th St. stormwater improvements. The project scope is to install new stormwater inlets at the intersection with an outfall into Lake McKillip. Due to the low street elevation, sea level rise will be a major component of the storm system design. A retaining wall the length of the pond will be needed to as a barrier to tide water and a tide valve will be designed into the outfall pipe. The project estimate is $5,625,000.00 with up to $502,463.00 currently approved for design, $1,376,270 has been awarded for construction with up to $3,716,287.00 additionally available for the project from both state and federal grant programs.
The governor announced on January 22nd that Monroe County will be receiving an over $16.7 million through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s Rebuild Florida program for a variety of projects.
The funds are allocated through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program.
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