A stormwater assessment scope of work highlighted the Jackson City Council’s monthly meeting, which was held at Jackson City Hall, Tuesday.

The City Council approved two pilot studies – one in east Jackson and one in south Jackson – and funds allocated from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation totaling $10 million plus would help fund the project.

“We presented the stormwater assessment that is getting kicked off now with the City of Jackson,” Dusty Mays, P.E., Kimley Horn said, “Initially, we are going to be looking at two watersheds – pilot projects – that will inform and collect data for stormwater infrastructure, and a masterplan development for those improvements around the city.”

Mays said the project starts with the Anderson Branch which has general boundaries from Jackson State Community College and North Parkway to the north; Kellogg’s Plant on the east and North Royal on the west.

The distance is 3.5 square miles consisting of seven miles of open channel.

Justin Avent, P.E., Associate Senior Engineer, Water + Environment – Gresham Smith, will handle the Cane Creek & Bond Creek Study Area, which has general boundaries at the South Fork of the Forked Deer River to the north, Chester Levee Road to the east and Bolivar Highway to the south.

The distance is 2.4 square miles – inside the city limits consisting of 5.5 miles of open channel.

“We are going to be sending crews out into the field doing condition assessment of the stormwater infrastructure … inlets and manholes in these study areas rating all these assets and their conditions and developing recommendations of their repair and maintenance.

“And as Dusty (Mays) said, we will also be doing computer modeling of the watershed looking at problem areas that are prone to flooding and developing solutions – alternatives to help combat that flooding.”

(PHOTO: From left, Justin Avent, Dusty Mays and Jackson’s Director of Engineering Tom Wolf present stormwater assessment to Jackson City Council)