County OKs drainage study

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Brazoria County Commissioners on June 27 approved a drainage study plan contract for a large master planned developments located near Angleton.

The Ashland Development is an approximately 2,500-lot community expected to bring thousands of new residents to the Angleton area.

The $90,000 drainage plan and study review contract was awarded to Freese and Nichols Inc. These funds will be reimbursed by the developer.

“We sat down with Freese and Nichols when we asked for this proposal and told them some of our overarching concerns — we wanted them to compare this to the model they created for the Brazos River flood event,” County Engineer Matthew Hanks told commissioners.

“We know there’s a lot of water headed to this piece of property when a flood occurs.”
The community is not located in a drainage district, County Judge Matt Sebesta said.
“If it were, it would be a drainage district that would be looking at this,” he said.

 

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