West Stormwater Facility
The West Stormwater Facility is a wet detention pond serving a large part of the Market District as a regional stormwater facility. Some areas in the District were developed prior to many of the environmental regulations that exist today. As such, water quality treatment is not in place to address stormwater runoff from some of these areas. The West Stormwater Facility provides retrofit water quality treatment and rate control (protect against flooding) for the entire 300 Acre +/- watershed that drains to it, including some of the previously untreated areas. It will also serve as a passive recreation area with a walking trail connection to the rest of the project along the north side of the electrical substation.
The City of Tallahassee completed the West Stormwater Facility in August 2023. This portion of the project included construction of a roughly 8‐acre wet detention pond that serves as a regional stormwater facility for a large part of the Market District. The facility provides water quality treatment and protection against flooding for the entire 300-acre watershed that drains to it, including the pending roadway improvements on Maclay Boulevard and Maclay Commerce Drive and the future park being implemented by Blueprint.
The West Stormwater Facility also includes a 0.5-mile pedestrian path around the pond. Retaining walls with an architectural board‐form face create the effect of a bridge over the inflow to the pond. Retaining walls with the same finish at the pond's outfall hide the control structure and create an observation platform for wildlife viewing and stormwater education kiosks. Advanced stormwater best management practices, such as bioswales, gabion-lined ditches, etc. are implemented around the pond to treat runoff before it enters the pond.
Construction Plans for the West Stormwater Facility
East Stormwater Facility
While also providing water quality treatment and rate attenuation, the East Stormwater Facility is designed to be more park like with walking or fitness paths and landscape/hardscape features surrounding it. A constructed wetland that captures stormwater runoff directly from Maclay Commerce Drive and adjacent commercial properties has been incorporated into the design of the East Stormwater Facility.
