June 19, 2026
City of Brevard
Cashiers Valley Road between Oakdale Street and Hillview Street will close to traffic on Tuesday, June 23 for at least six days in advance of the start of the Hillview Street Culvert Repair project.
Cashiers Valley Road will temporarily re-open on June 29, while Hillview Street/Mills Avenue will be closed until July 3 to make way for the project.
These initial closures will allow the contractor to temporarily reroute the waters of Brushy Creek. Cashiers Valley Road will close again on July 5 through Aug. 10 for the actual installation of the new culvert. Hillview Street/Mills Avenue will close once again in the middle of August, but at no point will both roads be closed at the same time.
During the Cashiers Valley Road closures, travelers to Hillview Circle, Hillview Avenue, the western portions of Hillview Street, Locks Drive and Wynn Drive are encouraged to access those area via West Main Street and Mills Ave.
Travelers to the southern portions of Cashiers Valley Road are encouraged to connect from the north via the Probart Street extension, or from the south via Carolina Avenue and Nicholson Creek Road. All travelers using alternate routes are asked to exercise caution in these largely residential streets.
During Hillview Street/Mills Avenue closures, travelers to are encouraged to use Cashiers Valley Road.
FEMA will give the city of Brevard $1,223,188 to replace this culvert below Hillview Street and Cashiers Valley Road after it was damaged during Hurricane Helene in 2025. City of Brevard
The project will repair the failed culvert which carries Brushy Creek beneath the two streets and the Mary C. Jenkins Community and Cultural Center parking area. Turbulent, high-velocity water during Hurricane Helene caused the aging corrugated-steel culvert to fail and created a sinkhole near the MCJCC parking area that compromised the road on Hillview Street/Mills Avenue.
After an extended period of closure while city staff negotiated with FEMA on the scope of the project, a temporary repair was made last January that enabled Hillveiw Street/Mills Avenue to temporarily reopen.
The repair project, which is expected to cost approximately $1.3M, will see the 72-inch round culvert replaced by a larger concrete box culvert. The new culvert will also be straight, whereas the existing culvert has a 45-degree subsurface bend which affects its ability to efficiently transmit water. This new configuration can transmit larger volumes of flood water and improve the stream’s ability to support aquatic wildlife. FEMA will reimburse 100% of the project costs to the city.