The City of Monticello continues to work to improve storm drainage and flooding in low-lying areas in town, especially on the East end of Monticello.

Wednesday July 15th, crews were performing follow-up maintenance on a drainage ditch on Mill Street and uncovered a large chunk of concrete that had been buried in decades past and was blocking a large storm drain from performing as it was designed. There appears to be no reason why the concrete was placed where it was decades ago as it serves no purpose other than blocking storm water flow.

Crews removed the concrete and stagnant water flowed for 30-45 minutes. The ditch was also widened to accommodate the additional flow that it will now receive before tying in to a larger channel and shuttling the storm drainage out of town.

Removing blockages such as this reduce the potential of flooding neighborhoods upstream and also reduces mosquito breeding grounds.

Thank you for your patience as we continue to rebuild Monticello’s infrastructure for ALL neighborhoods!

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