Clouds dumped 3.25 inches of rain on Wilmington over a two-day period this week, assuring busy shifts for the city’s stormwater crew.
And the skies keep opening.
But as it happens, the city is pointing to the efficiency of stormwater improvements it has rendered across town in the past 15 years.
“…many areas are no longer flooding,” a bulletin from City Hall cheered Thursday.
Since 1999, the city has put $33.5 million into stormwater and drainage improvements. Another $35 million are plotted.
The Randall Parkway widening, completed earlier this year, included such upgrades. Other recent projects included $300,000 in improvements along Antelope Trail and $885,000 invested along Cardinal Drive near George Trask Drive.
The $35 million in work scoped ahead includes one of the largest drainage upgrades ever for the city. That’s a $9.6 million project at Clear Run Drive meant to eventually alleviate flooding in a historically problematic area–New Centre Drive.
The city has a map of completed and future stormwater projects here.
