Crews recently broke ground on a flood mitigation project in the Schultz Creek watershed of Flagstaff, signaling progress toward long-term solutions for frequent flooding that has inundated downstream neighborhoods following the Pipeline Fire.
The Schultz Creek Detention Basin project will see a 20-acre parcel of city land near the Schultz Creek Trailhead transformed into a series of detention basins that can capture and slow floodwaters moving through Schultz Creek. While this is only the first of many planned flood mitigation projects in the area, some area residents remain concerned that it will be insufficient to mitigate flood risk until other infrastructural improvements are completed. The project is on track to be finished by the end of October.
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