White Plains, NY - As Westchester’s flood task force continues its focus on giving financial help to local governments with flooding problems, the county government is beginning a significant effort to address flooding issues through improvements on county-owned properties that would also have area wide benefits.

The sites that will be the focus of the effort are: Tibbett’s Brook Park, Scout Field, Crestwood Lake, the Grasslands Reservation, Garth Woods and the Westchester County Center. The goal is to determine what improvements can be made to these properties that will help neighborhoods in nearby cities, towns and villages. 

This effort comes as the county’s Flood Task Force continues to review 10 flood mitigation projects that so far have been submitted to it for possible county financial assistance. Spano has committed $50 million over five years to that effort. Proposed projects range from stream bank widening to the construction of stormwater detention facilities and control structures that will help reduce the impacts of flooding within watersheds throughout the County.

Municipalities that have not submitted applications are reminded to go to the County’s website www.westchestergov.com/environment.htm and click on Flood Action Plan where there is a link to a fact sheet outlining the county program and a copy of the pre-application form.

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