The primary purpose of this project was to provide flood relief for homes within the Kendallwood/Westbrooke Subdivisions.  Many homes within these subdivisions have experienced flooding during significant storm events in the past.  This was evidenced during the last flood event which occurred in June 1989.  Flooding occurs when the existing stream channels are overloaded during storms.  This project was designed to provide another conduit to bypass excess stream flows around the flood prone area and to hold some flood waters in a detention basin until the downstream system can accommodate them.  The project consists of the following:

• The replacement of existing undersized culverts at 12 Mile Road near Dunckel School and at Sprucewood between Aranel and Chesterbrook south of 13 Mile Road in the Westbrooke Subdivision.

• Channel improvements along the existing Minnow Pond Drain on the Dunckel School property.

• Completion of the construction of a detention basin (24 million gallons) to temporarily store flood waters on the City-owned property located on the southeast corner of 13 Mile Road and Farmington Road.

• Construction of storm sewer lines to bypass flood waters from the Farmington Road (7' diameter) and 13 Mile Road (8' diameter) crossings of the Minnow Pond Drain to the detention basin and the Kendallwood Drive bypass line.

• An outlet pipe (8.5' diameter) to convey flood waters from the basin and the bypass lines to the existing Minnow Pond Drain located on the Dunckel School property.  This outlet pipe has been commonly referred to as the Kendallwood Drive by-pass line.

• HRC analyzed soil type of the proposed basin and found it to be suitable for sand subbase for other City paving projects, so the mass excavation of the pond was done by contractors at no cost to the City, resulting in a cost savings of approximately $2.5 million.

This project has now been in service and operating satisfactory for a long period of time.