FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO) — With support from a $750,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, City Utilities has launched a major flood reduction project along Bullerman Drain between Maplecrest Road and Maple Terrace Drive.
Residents from the Maplewood Terrace and The Downs neighborhoods joined City Utilities officials for a ceremonial groundbreaking, marking the start of long-awaited improvements aimed at addressing chronic yard and street flooding in the area.
The $2 million project will reconstruct more than 1,000 feet of ditch, convert the northwest section into an inline stormwater system, and expand a basin east of Maplecrest Road to significantly increase capacity. Once complete, the project will provide nearly 7 million gallons of stormwater storage in a retention pond designed to reduce downstream flooding…