Staff updates: floodplain ordinance review, Veterans Blvd progress and Exit 408 environmental meeting set for Sept. 15

Development staff provided multiple informational updates during the Aug. 6 meeting. Staff said the draft floodplain ordinance is progressing through the statutorily required state and FEMA review process and that tentative Planning Commission training dates of Sept. 16 or Sept. 18 were under consideration.

In transportation updates staff reported progress on Veterans Blvd Phase I construction, noted utility revisions and planned future trail improvements, and announced an Exit 408 environmental meeting scheduled for Sept. 15 at the convention center. Staff also reported that construction of a traffic signal at the Walters State/Pittman Center Road and Old Newport Highway intersection is anticipated to begin in October and take approximately six weeks, with completion expected in November subject to material availability.