Victor Road Storm Sewer Conveyance Improvements - Complete

Update 1/27/24

Created 10/4/23

Victor Road Stormwater Collection System Rehabilitation Project is COMPLETE

Streets and lanes are Open.

Council District 4

Construction Summary - A new stormwater collection system replaces the corroded and dilapidated original drainage system on Victor Road between Dunwoody Trail and Dunwoody Place.  Four new drainage inlets replace the single poorly functioning inlet previously serving the area. The new system not only better collects road and yard runoff, it more than doubles the flow capacity of the system while creating less downstream erosion through the addition of energy dissipation at the outfall.  New, high strength pipe, steel reinforced structure tops, and custom-sized and built brick drainage structures will serve the area for up to 100 years.  The additional drainage inlets capture runoff before it enters residents yards and before it gains enough momentum to erode the banks of tributary stream running through the community.

This project, Phase III of the Shady Valley / Victor Road Drainage system, is the final leg of a three phase project to replace the entire system.  Phase I, completed near the end of 2023, serves the Shady Valley area and also replaced dilapidated pipes and structures.  Phase II, coming later in 2024, will use trenchless rehabilitation technology to upgrade the system behind homes on Shady Valley, Victor Rd and Dunwoody Pl. 

City personnel originally discovered the poor condition of the sytem through a combination of the City's annual Dry Weather Screening (DWS) Inspections and the Annual Drainage System Inspections.  Both programs are key management practices included in the City's Stormwater Management  Program.  Each year, both the DWS and the annual drainage system inspections visit one of five Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) zones.  The DWS program identified flow at the outfall during a period of dry weather.  Through source tracing, City inspectors discovered a leaking sanitary sewer service connection.  The corroded corrugated metal pipe (CMP) conveying storm runoff captured the raw sewage and discharged it into the nearby creek.  Separately, the annual Annual Drainage System Inspections discovered the entire system was at the end-of-life and required replacement.  Residents and inspectors alike discoved sink holes at different locations along the pipe's alignment. 

Completion of this project is a quadruple win.  The system has a new life.  The project replaced failing infrastructure, repaired existing and prevented future sink hole formulation, and eliminated water fecal coliform / e Coli bacterial contamination and erosion of the soils around the pipes.  

Thank you for your patience!!

Point of Contact: 

Project Manager:  Steve Osborn, PE, Municipal Projects Manager, Steve.Osborn@BrookhavenGA.gov, 404.637.0520