A Maricopa County agency working to hold back the floodwaters when it rains and pours has several projects in the works in Mesa, including one that stretches east into Pinal County.
The projects range from drainage master studies for all of Mesa north of Superstition Freeway and a 110-square-mile swath over two counties, to a 10.2-square-mile flood delineation study southwest of Meridian and Baseline roads. There also is a project for rehabilitation or replacement of three flood-retarding structures that protect 72 square miles of homes, businesses and farmland in Maricopa and Pinal counties.
All are projects of the Flood Control District of Maricopa County, an agency created in 1959 to reduce flooding risks to people and property. The district is governed by a five-member board made up of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.
