ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockford’s Stormwater Management Team presented a master plan to address flooding issues last September. Now, the City of Rockford is faced with questions again after floods swept through neighborhoods on Thursday night.
“We got over four inches of rain in a couple of hours,” said team lead Brad Holcomb. “We don’t design, not just Rockford, no areas design their storm systems to handle that kind of rate.”
Holcomb is in charge of reducing flooding risks in the city.
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“I know a lot of people feel there’s blockages, but in a lot of instances the water can’t get in there because it came down so hard, so fast,” he explained…