Drainage Improvements Project

  • Project typeUpdated drainage system
  • Project schedulePlanning
16th Avenue South, facing south, with cars parked on the shoulder

Project goals

The storm portion of this project will replace an open channel drainage system with a piped drainage system to collect surface water runoff from the west half of 16th Avenue South. The project will also redirect surface water runoff from a portion of South 188th Street to the new piped drainage system on 16th Avenue South.

This project will install new storm drainpipes, catch basins, manholes, and a stormwater treatment facility. After installing underground infrastructure, we’ll repave roadway segments impacted by excavation work.

The project will also resolve ponding surface water issues on South 188th Street and treat street runoff for heavy metals and other chemicals before it enters the Des Moines Creek basin.

16th Avenue South and South 188th Street stormwater improvements map

Project benefits

  • New asphalt overlay of streets impacted by this project
  • New stormwater conveyance and treatment infrastructure
  • Construction of new water main in partnership with Highline Water District
  • ADA-compliant pedestrian facility improvement