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The preferred alternative is to construct a single-lane roundabout at the project intersection that will include drainage and lighting improvements.
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Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
The lawsuit argues the transportation department failed to maintain drainage systems along the highway, which created a pool of water, around three inches deep, across multiple lanes causing a multi-car collision.
—Kennedy Sessions, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2025
The plan also involves adding California Highway Patrol observation areas, vehicle pull-out areas, a traffic signal at Noble Road, as well as slope protection and drainage improvements, and improvements to the tidal salt marsh and public access.
—Adrian Rodriguez, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
The Sullivan Estate vineyard is on the valley floor at the northern edge of the Rutherford appellation, where predominantly gravel, sand, and loam soils provide excellent natural drainage and result in reduced vigor and low yields in a good year; 2021’s was reduced by 30 percent.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 15 June 2025
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Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
The lawsuit argues the transportation department failed to maintain drainage systems along the highway, which created a pool of water, around three inches deep, across multiple lanes causing a multi-car collision.
—Kennedy Sessions, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2025
The plan also involves adding California Highway Patrol observation areas, vehicle pull-out areas, a traffic signal at Noble Road, as well as slope protection and drainage improvements, and improvements to the tidal salt marsh and public access.
—Adrian Rodriguez, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
The Sullivan Estate vineyard is on the valley floor at the northern edge of the Rutherford appellation, where predominantly gravel, sand, and loam soils provide excellent natural drainage and result in reduced vigor and low yields in a good year; 2021’s was reduced by 30 percent.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 15 June 2025
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“Drainage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drainage. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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drainage
noun
drain·age
ˈdrā-nij 
1
a
: the act of draining
b
: something drained off
2
: a method of draining
also
: a system of drains
Medical Definition
drainage
noun
drain·age
ˈdrā-nij
1
: the act or process of drawing off fluids from a cavity or wound by means of suction or gravity
2
: a process of releasing internal conflicts or pent-up feelings (as hostility or guilt)
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