ALEXANDRIA, VA – In his monthly newsletter, The Council Connection (released Aug. 1), Alexandria Mayor Justin M. Wilson writes of the urgency of addressing flooding in the community and how the city is working to mitigate the issue. The recent flooding in Kentucky and Virginia serve as an example that this city “must plan and implement climate-resilient infrastructure.”
In the past three years, there have been five storm events in Alexandria (from 2019 to 2021) where the amount of rain greatly exceeded the capacity of storm sewers. City Council has worked continuously to speed up the response to chronic flooding.
Wilson points out that “immediate and sustained action” is needed in these areas:
- Infrastructure investment and maintenance
- Financial and technical assistance to residents
- Development policy reform
- Commonwealth & Glebe: $34 million
- Ashby & Glebe: $16 million
- Hooffs Run Culvert Bypass: $60 million
- Edison & Dale: $13 million
- Dewitt Avenue: $15 million
- East Mason Avenue: $1 million
- Notabene & Old Dominion: $4 million
- Mount Vernon, E. Glendale, E. Luray & E. Alexandria: $10 million
- E. Monroe & Wayne: $3 million
- Russell & W. Rosemont: $6 million
- Russell & W. Rosemont (south): $8 million
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