When a capital improvement project (CIP) is released for design development, the first design phase of the project usually includes an initial detailed study phase to finalize the project design scope. This stage represents an opportunity for the design team in partnership with the community to not only understand the local flood risk more fully but to evaluate if the project’s flood risk reduction effectiveness would benefit from a broader regional solution than originally identified. This presentation will showcase the Lincoln Pond Outflow System project as a detailed case study, demonstrating how a CIP project was expanded beyond its original local solution to a more regional storm drain solution to enhance the local flood risk reduction effectiveness of the project. Located in El Paso, Texas, this storm drain improvement project initially aimed to mitigate localized flooding downstream of the Johnson Pond system by extending a storm drain to an existing interceptor channel. However, further analysis revealed that the interceptor channel, which also receives runoff from other areas, discharges into an undersized storm drain system, causing additional flooding. As part of the presentation, two other projects in the Central Texas region will be generally discussed showing how more regional solutions to CIPs were developed to improve local flood risk reduction effectiveness.