County gets $1.5 Million for Flood Repair

The county will receive $1.5 million in state and federal reimbursements for emergency repairs made during the 2009 flood, which damaged numerous roads, bridges and drainage structures.

Of that amount, $773,989 in Federal Highway Administration funds will go to the Gwinnett Water Resources Department for repairs made to drainage culverts, such as on Five Forks-Trickum and Harmony Grove roads in Lilburn and on West Park Place Boulevard in unincorporated Stone Mountain.

 “These funds cover about two-thirds of the repair costs at these locations and are a welcome addition to the reimbursements already received,” Lynn Smarr, acting Water Resources director, said in a released statement.

The overall cost to repair road-drainage structures in Gwinnett was around $7.7 million, according county figures. The Georgia Emergency Management Agency approved reimbursements of about $4.7 million. The county paid the remainder from stormwater utility fees.

Gwinnett Transportation received $740,469 from the Georgia DOT for repairs to bridges over the Yellow River at Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road, and over Sweetwater Creek at Club Drive.