Escambia County Releases April 2014 Flood Report

May 4, 2016

Just over two years after the April 2014 flooding event that severely impacted Escambia County and its residents, the county has released the April 2014 Flood Recovery Report to provide citizens with updates about transportation and drainage mitigation projects and repairs in their neighborhoods and communities.

The report highlights Escambia County’s ongoing efforts to make repairs to 2,300 damage points to county roadways, bridges, drainage systems and ponds as a result of the April 2014 flood, along with recommendations from the Stormwater Advisory Team and efforts to improve stormwater standards county-wide. Also outlined in the report are the many sources of funding the county is utilizing to help fund approximately $25.8 million in transportation and drainage repair and improvement projects throughout Escambia County.

“With such staggering destruction, recovery is neither fast nor easy; it must be a strategic, multi-year commitment…While we can never take away the suffering our residents endured as a result of this natural disaster, we can continue to identify and invest in solutions to reduce the threat of flooding and protect our citizens,” County Administrator Jack Brown wrote in the report.

Escambia County has completed 150 of 182 total count infrastructure project related to the flood. There are 15 project in the bidding or design phase and 17 more under construction.

To read the full report, click one of the links below:

In District 5, there are 18 completed projects totaling $1.9 million:

  • Alysheba Drive
  • Ashford-Turnberry Ponds (2)
  • Chemstrand Road CR749
  • Copper Forrest Drive & Man O-War
  • CR297A at Ditches
  • CR297A at Box Culvert
  • Devine Farm Road
  • Emergency Bridge Inspections & Repair
  • Emergency Repairs
  • Gonzalez Zone Ponds (12)
  • Guidy Lane Bridge
  • Hillview Drive East
  • Meadowbrook
  • Pavement Rehab – Rosedown
  • Stillbrook Bridge Repair
  • Tecumseh/ Clear Creek Farms
  • Water Oaks
  • Pavement Rehab – Basin Street/Creekside Court

Additional North Escambia projects

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News