A Downtown Flood Mitigation and Storm Drainage Project is under consideration tonight at the Vernal City Council meeting as funding options will be discussed. During heavy rain events in recent years, areas of street, curb, and sidewalk flood and in some instances the water even enters structures on Vernal’s Main Street. Last year, the Utah Department of Transportation initiated a storm water study and the findings supported the proposed project. UDOT committed $1.2 million dollars in funds that are now available and has requested that Vernal City begin the project as soon as Spring 2019. If the project moves forward, UDOT will delay the Highway 40 pavement overlay project making it a priority for the Vernal City Council to make a decision on the project. Vernal City Council is expected to decide tonight whether they will move forward with an application to the Community Impact Board for $1.4 million dollars to finish funding the project in a $1.2 million dollar grant, $200,000 dollar loan combination.
