Municipal Development ​

Hillside Drainage Basin and Outfall, North Myrtle Beach, SC - In response to flooding problems along Hillside Drive, 7th Avenue South and Ocean Boulevard, the City of North Myrtle Beach retained DDC to design improvements for the Hillside Drainage Basin. Several key improvements within the 410± acre watershed include construction of two (2) detention ponds in the upper reach of the watershed, improvements within the main drainage channel, raising the elevation of Hillside Drive in order to utilize the storage within an existing 21-acre wetland and installation of a 1,300 linear feet of 72-inch PCCP deep water ocean outfall out in the Atlantic Ocean at 6th Avenue South.