Public Works

Proposed Projects

Project Information

Alachua County proposes to address the numerous flooding and water quality deficiencies throughout the County by way of the Stormwater Management Program.  The October 2008 Needs Assessment document identified various project needs.

The following projects were identified by the County as priority flooding areas that warrant corrective action:

  1. North Florida Regional Doctor's Park / Red Lobster Basin (Including Tower Road) - severe flooding has occurred near the Doctor's Park and Red Lobster which has impacted NW 69th Terrace. Also, flooding of the stormwater basin at the Home Depot site across I-75 near Tower Road has occurred.
  2. Robin Lane (Including NW 75th Street) - area experienced severe flooding which closed access to subdivision and flooded a house.
  3. Meadowbrook / Hills of Santa Fe (Including NW 39th Avenue / NW 98th Street) - severe flooding closed road and flooded the golf course and many homes. Many other homes were nearly flooded. County has had to initiate pumping for relief.
  4. Oak Crest / Eagle Point (Including Fort Clarke Boulevard / NW 17th Place) - home flooding has occurred in the low areas of the subdivision as well as at the stormwater pond at the intersection of Fort Clarke Boulevard and NW 17th Place during severe rainfall events.
  5. NW / SW 91st Street - flooding at an old sinkhole location has caused road flooding in the past. County has had to initiate pumping for relief.
  6. Emerald Woods - a control structure of one of depressional areas in the subdivision is suspected to be undersized resulting in house flooding.
  7. Royal Oaks (Including SW 10th Lane / SW 96th Street) - cumulative runoff has cause sinkhole depressional area to flood which has impacted garage of resident. Poorly managed runoff along SW 8th Avenue also impacting area.
  8. Heatherwood - excessive runoff has caused high stages in a depressional area in the subdivision. County has had to initiate pumping for relief.
  9. Richmond - poor outfall structure design has resulted in high stages in Moon Lake which have cause property flooding. County has had to initiate pumping for relief.
  10. Hayes Glen / Balmoral - non-attenuated runoff from across SW 8th Avenue has flooded subdivision near the intersection of SW 112th Street and SW 10th Lane causing property impacts. County has had to initiate pumping for relief.
  11. Pine Hills Estates - excess runoff has caused home flooding in low area near intersection of 107th Terrace and NW 18th Court.
  12. Ft. Clarke Forest - excess flow is diverted to small swale in an existing County easement. Attenuation needed to avoid impacts to homes.
  13. Sunningdale / Westchester - flooding of depressions along SW 1st Place has caused County to initiate pumping for relief.
  14. SW 56th Avenue - sheet flow passes over roadway causing flooding and access problems. There is lack of a defined outfall for this location.
  15. Shenandoah - high stages in a depressional area near NW 23rd Avenue caused backflow into the subdivision and cased the pond and a barn to flood.
  16. Northridge - excess runoff from offsite areas has caused high stages in depressional areas which have resulted in flooded roads and homes.
  17. Newberry Road - roadway flooded by runoff from north

The Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (ACEPD) provided input as to numerous special project needs related to water quality assessment and/or improvement in the County. The projects identified are as follows:

  1. Stormwater Inflow/Outfall Inventory
  2. Stormwater Management in Karst Areas
  3. Stormwater Quality Assessment of Stream to Sink Basins
  4. Stormwater Inflow/Outfall Sampling - Baseflow and Stormwater Flow Monitoring
  5. Groundwater Nutrient Assessment in the Santa Fe Basin
  6. Lake Santa Fe and Lake Alto Water Quality Monitoring
  7. Stormwater Pond Vegetative Enhancement for Water Quality Improvement
  8. Stormwater Basin Fertilizer Use Pilot Project
  9. Water Quality Protection BMP Training and Water Quality Protection Public Education and Outreach
  10. Shared ArcHydro Database
  11. LID Stormwater Basin Retrofit Projects

As the Master Planning efforts conclude, additional project needs may be identified. Please check back in the future for updated project summaries.