City Park Drainage Work Explained
February 20th, 2024 by Joe Burgess
According to Monticello Mayor Jason Akers, City Street crews are removing decades old rotted drainage pipes in McCloy Park.
Located on Henley Drive, the drainage pipes have caused water backups for years near the large playground equipment. The decayed piping running under Henley Drive caused road sinkage that would have eventually led to the road partially collapsing into the void left by the rotted pipe.
The collapsed pipe only allowed a minimal amount of water to leave the park after heavy rainfall, which in turn saturated and muddied the area near the playground.
As part of the cities organizational structure plan implemented this year, Parks along with Streets & Drainage crews worked together to identify the rotten and collapsed section and have the rotten section removed. It will be replaced with adequate diameter pipe this week.
Street crews hope to have the project completed and the road reopened soon.
