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Tampa Seeks To Cure Drew Park Flooding

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By Jose Patino Girona The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 18, 2007

TAMPA - After decades of flooding throughout Drew Park, the city plans to spend more than $20 million to alleviate the problem in the industrial neighborhood.

It is acquiring land on Henry Avenue, just north of Hillsborough Avenue, to enlarge a 2-acre pond, stormwater director Chuck Walter said. The goal is to create an elevated pond and add stormwater pumps. The pond would collect runoff from the neighborhood to the south and drain into the adjacent Henry Canal.

The project's first phase is land acquisition, survey, design and pond construction. Phase two is pump station construction, with phases three and four adding the stormwater system to Grady and Lois avenues, Walter said.

Ditches along the edges of Grady and Lois would be replaced by underground stormwater systems, Walter said. Streets and driveways would have to be repaired.

Walter said the city has most of the $5.7 million needed for phases one and two. He estimates the design of the pond and pump station could start in two to three months and take 12 to 18 months, with work beginning within 20 months.

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