Many of you may have questioned why there is so much water pooling at various places along FM 1938 when we should be conserving. Town staff and other community stakeholders have certainly been concerned as well and have been working on solutions. The biggest area of concern is at the SW corner of FM 1938 and Dove Road. This accumulation is all ground water originating from inside Vaquero and running into the intersection. After working a few months on a solution with the Vaquero HOA, they plan to install French drainage to divert this water into an adjacent drainage inlet. This work should be completed within the next couple of months.
Another area of large water accumulation is near the Sabine and FM 1938 intersection, where Vaquero Club maintenance facility sump pump has been discharging. They recently tied their sump into an adjacent inlet, but it seems there is a problem with the water being discharged back onto FM 1938 again. Public Works staff will be investigating further with them on a solution.
Additionally, Town Staff recently turned over the landscape work along the west side of FM 1938 to the Fidelity and Vaquero landscape contractors a few months ago. We feel this probably resulted in some over watering in areas as they learn the new systems and watering demands.
Lastly, Fidelity has been trying to fix a problem with the small median on the west side of FM 1938 at Capital Parkway over the last month. They have replaced clogged valves that allowed water to keep running. While there are other smaller areas of water accumulation along the FM 1938 roadway, the above areas have been the most troublesome. Please know your Public Works crew drives FM 1938 every day to look for issues like these irrigation problems in order to repair the situation ASAP. As always, Public Works Director Jarrod Greenwood is available to you for any questions or concerns via
email
or phone, 817-490-5717.
