A first of its kind in North Carolina: a floodgate system is being constructed on an opening in an existing levee parallel to Interstate I-95. The “levee-protected” zone of the City of Lumberton was flooded twice in a two-year period during Hurricanes Matthew (2016) and Florence (2018). Finding a more permanent solution to manage excess stormwater and closing the opening in the levee system, instead of the current sandbagging protocol, has long been a desire of the city. The city retained AtkinsRéalis to design a flood prevention closure at a CSX railroad underpass at Interstate I-95. In addition to the engineering design of the floodgate system, the presentation will focus on the roles of the various partners and how the design effort is managed to address the partner requirements, address how emergency preparedness is built into the gate operations, and how funding was secured to construct the project. The presentation will provide updates to the planning, design, permitting, funding, and construction aspects of floodgate project and other flood resiliency initiatives around the community.