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LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: AVL contractors need a redo on storm drainage

Still from a video shows stormwater pouring over the top of the retaining wall at the south end of Asheville Regional Airport.

By Bill Moss, Published: June 27, 2015

After a Monday afternoon downpour caused a huge wave of water to overtop the Asheville airport retaining wall and flood Ferncliff Park Drive, engineers made the surprising assessment that the new stormwater management system worked as it was designed to.

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