Ranging between 12 feet and 15 feet in diameter, the tunnel will help maintain the Hudson’s water levels by splintering the water flow during heavy rains to prevent the branch from flowing over its banks. Each acre-foot is approximately 326,000 gallons of water… The north tunnel, which Ball calls the “single most impactful project in our Safe and Sound plan,” will be buried 60 feet to 80 feet down, starting at the 8800 block of Frederick Road and running parallel to Main Street for 5,000 feet to exit at the Patapsco River. Designed to hold water and then release it slowly once the danger has passed, five dry flood ponds, ranging in size from the 10-acre-foot Quaker Mill pond off Rogers Avenue to the 70-acre-foot T1 pond on the Tiber tributary, are included in the plan. The state has committed more than $20 million to Howard County to assist in flood mitigation and resilience efforts, including $2.4 million for the creation of the 13-acre-foot H7 pond, which began Aug. It’s going to be Infrastructure Week in Ellicott City for quite some time. Estimated to cost between $113 million to $140 million, the plan includes the creation of several dry ponds, the installation of a milelong underground tunnel and the demolition of four Main Street buildings to provide space for the creation of a new culvert. Larry Hogan and Howard County Executive Calvin Ball earlier this month marked the start of the multi-phased Ellicott City Safe and Sound flood mitigation plan. A groundbreaking ceremony attended by Maryland Gov. It looks like Maryland is preparing to do something about Ellicott City’s regularly scheduled appearance as a tributary. The 10 vacant buildings at the bottom of Main Street - gutted by deadly floods in 20 - solidify water’s dangerous presence in the historic district. Glimpses of yellow signs featuring a figure running to higher ground are the first clue. On a quiet day, it would be hard to tell that water flows under and around the mix of specialty stores, restaurants, galleries and antique shops along Main Street. Nestled between the Hudson, Tiber and New Cut branches of the Patapsco River, Ellicott City sits in a valley of granite with walls that funnel the branches’ waters through the community to merge with the Patapsco. Water is a rather constant presence in the town. Since then, there have been 30 serious flooding events in Ellicott City, including two very bad ones in the past decade. Ellicott City was founded in 1772, four years after the area had been struck by a massive flood. It’s pretty much all-COVID, all-Crazy-People out there in the states, but let’s start in Maryland, where the Baltimore Sun brings us a genuinely epic saga of the town that wouldn’t drown. (Permanent Musical Accompaniment To This Post)īeing our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s goin’ down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin’ goes on and where yonder stands your orphan with his gun.
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