The flooded greenway in Cleveland.An Army Corps of Engineers study has identified 39 potential projects to relieve Cleveland flooding.
Seven of those measures – estimated to cost a total of $4 million – qualify for partial federal funding and call for improvements along sections of Mouse Creek, Fillauer Branch and other streams.
Jonathan Jobe, director of Cleveland Development and Engineering Services, praised measures intended to increase stream capacity or slow stormwater flow.
“These [localized] projects can have a pretty good impact upon downstream flooding,” Jobe said, citing the impact of retention ponds and channel modifications such as deepening and widening streams.
The preliminary plan also calls for the city to buy and remove some homes located in flood zones while raising the floor elevation of others.