Belmont Park Area Flood Risk Reduction Project (Water Treatment Plant)

Belmont Park Area Flood Risk Reduction Project (Water Treatment Plant)

In an effort to provide permanent flood protection to the Belmont Park neighborhood, the City of Fargo and the consulting firm HDR developed a flood risk reduction project to be constructed in three phases. The first phase was completed in 2017, the second in 2019, and the final phase is scheduled for construction in 2026. Previous flood fight efforts within this neighborhood required the construction of emergency sandbag and temporary clay levees, with several properties having already been acquired and removed to allow for the construction of permanent clay levees.

This flood risk reduction project includes residential property acquisitions, earthen levees, storm sewer improvements, storm sewer lift station relocation (near the Lindenwood Park entrance), and protection of the City’s raw water intake structure east of the water treatment plant. Replanting trees that are removed for the levee footprint and the required non-vegetative clear zone will also be included with this project.