Response provided by Shaun Condor, Director of Engineering & Capital Improvements
Yes, it’s a current CIP project. It’s CIP 680: Castle Forest Drainage Improvements and is anticipated to start construction in 2024.
A prior CIP Castle Forest culvert improvement project constructed in 2008 primarily focused on channel repairs, measures to promote stormwater conveyance and to minimize erosion. Records indicate that the Section 2 of the subdivision was built in 1996. With the exception of the previously mentioned project, it’s not apparent if any other CIP projects were constructed afterwards. There has been some prior maintenance performed by our Public Works Department, but no other major projects.
The proposed project should alleviate drainage concerns that have been reported by residents and analyzed using the latest available data. Video taken by a resident in this neighborhood during an extreme rain event in May of 2019 helped identify where runoff overtopped driveways and has been utilized to plan proposed improvements in this project. No other drainage CIP projects are anticipated based on the current conditions.