Little Indian Bayou Drainage Improvement Project

To give the North Perkins Ferry Road area stronger flood protection, a major drainage upgrade is now moving from design into construction:

What’s being built:  Roughly 1,700 feet of underground box culverts—from 6 × 4 ft up to 10 × 7 ft—that will carry stormwater from the existing pond west of North Perkins Ferry Road into a tributary of Little Indian Bayou.

Capacity: The new, mostly underground diversion channel is engineered to handle a 50‑year rain event, helping keep streets, yards, and future developments drier.

Benefit area: Homes and properties west of North Perkins, stretching from Coffey Farms to the planned K. Nichols development south of Orleans Run.

Budget snapshot:
Engineer’s estimate: $7.2 million
Projected construction cost: $3.8 million

Funding sources: $3.3 million from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds and $500,000 in local dollars.

Once complete, this project will move stormwater safely underground, support growth in the Little Indian Bayou basin, and do so at nearly half the original cost estimate.