Hugh Youngblood: "storing millions of gallons of stormwater at McMillan Park"

From ANC 5C03 Commissioner Hugh Youngblood:
 
Dear Neighbors,

Yesterday's hearing of the DC Council Committee on Environment, Public Works, and Transportation yielded lots of interest in using the existing infrastructure at McMillan Park to store millions of gallons of storm water to mitigate the risk of downstream flooding and sewage backups in Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park.

DC Water testified that storm water storage at McMillan Park is a very viable solution that they can potentially implement within a year's time. They are continuing to refine engineering studies for this initiative and initially assess that it would yield significant improvement. They are also confident that they can fund the initiative.

Councilmembers Cheh and Graham eagerly embraced the proposal to use McMillan Park infrastructure as a near-term solution and focused on it as the best opportunity to give hope back to the people. Councilmember Cheh strongly encouraged DC Water General Manager, George Hawkins, to make storm water storage at McMillan Park his agency's # 1 priority.

We will share more information as it becomes available.

Thank you,

Hugh
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Hugh Youngblood
ANC, SMD 5C03202.630.2262

@ANC5C03 Hugh Youngblood Summary Results of CM Cheh Hearing on Flooding in Bloomingdale_26Sept2012