Howard County officials celebrate progress in Ellicott City flood mitigation plan

Howard County officials celebrate progress in Ellicott City flood mitigation plan

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball was joined by state and local leaders Wednesday afternoon to celebrate what he called an enormous step forward in their progress to protect Ellicott City after historic floods. The H-4 Pond is the largest Ellicott City Safe and Sound Plan retention pond to date, and it’s substantially complete. “H-4 has the capacity to retain roughly 5 1/2 million gallons of stormwater, which would otherwise flow directly into…