A study by a Wichita engineering firm tasked with looking at how to reduce flooding on Buhler Road from the Little Arkansas River pegged the cost at nearly $4.5 million.
That figure includes both raising the roadway by several feet over nearly half a mile in length and rebuilding the river bridge just south of Buhler.
Just raising the road itself would prevent floodwater from a “100-year-storm” overtopping the road, but without replacing the bridge it would also cause floodwaters to back up and potentially impact residences upstream of the bridge, the study by WSP found.
(Read more: News – The Hutchinson News)