Draft of future flood plan for San Antonio revealed
Heavy rain led to flooding around the Olmos Basin Golf Course and the Quarry Market in 2016. The city's flood planning group found that 19,100 structures, 753 miles of roadway and 2,733 roadway crossings remain at risk of flooding during heavy rain.
This draft plan will be followed by a public hearing at 6 p.m. Sept. 15 at the River Authority’s main offices. The final plan is due to the development board in January.Regional flood plans are a combination of existing and future flood condition risk, which is determined by hazard, exposure and vulnerability.
That first number, however, is expected to increase in the future to nearly 27,000 structures in the region. Because of these risks, the flood planning group found that all flood mitigation projects, evaluation and strategies would cost just over $1 billion for 214 projects.
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