City Plans To Fix Flood Prone Neighborhoods

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Dangerous rapids around McCoy's Creek and rivers through downtown San Marco have been routine in storm season for years.

But they're just two of several places in the city that flood with any steady rain, and now the city wants to fix them for good.

Public Works selected eight areas for critical drainage improvements.

"The more improvements we make updating systems and bringing them up to today's standards, ultimately the less maintenance we'll have to do and that's the direction we want to go," says Marcy Cook with Public Works.

And if you wondered where the money from those new stormwater fees is going, this is it.

"Previously we've had to wait for a bond issues for us to execute capital projects, now with a stormwater fee we have a dedicated revenue source, it can only be used for stormwater management," says Cook.

The city expects to bring in $38 million a year from the stormwater fees.

Some of the projects will be at Country Creek, Hamilton Street, the Lower Eastside Pond, McCoy's Creek, Paul Avenue and Miruelo Circle.