Fayetteville awarded hundreds of thousands to address flooding
The City of Fayetteville has been awarded $910,000 in funding from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, which will be used to reduce flooding near Eutaw Creek, a stream that flows into Little Cross Creek in the Cape Fear River Basin.
City may update residential stormwater fees to tiered structure
City leaders are considering updating the residential stormwater fee of $7 per month to be more equitable to the actual amount of stormwater runoff homes generate because of their impervious surface.
‘It’s like putting a pipe in the ocean’: City engineers defend plans to mitigate widespread flooding in Locks Creek community
Staff from the city’s Public Services Department said the infrastructure improvements, initially approved by the Fayetteville City Council in summer of 2022, will protect against roadway flooding on Locks Creek Road.
Fayetteville proposes fix for private dam as part of city’s stormwater management strategy
As Fayetteville looks to strengthen its stormwater infrastructure, the city’s government may step in to mitigate the risk of a “high-hazard” private dam breaching.
Fayetteville stormwater plan would replace bridges on Person, Russell streets
Fayetteville is moving forward with plans to spend more than $20 million on bridge upgrades and other projects to address stormwater threats.