MAITLAND, Fla. -- Maitland city leaders are moving forward with a project to help alleviate repeated flooding on U.S. 17-92.

It comes as workers are racing to make sure this week's wet weather does not cause issues for drivers.

The problem spot is a dip in the road under a train trestle near Peacock Ford and Monroe Avenue at the Maitland-Winter Park city limits.

Crews are installing large pipes that will feed the floodwaters to Lake Gem, an eight-acre lake just to the west of U.S. 17-92.

The pipes will replace a ditch that collected rainwater and sent it to the lake.

At Monday night's city council meeting, members approved $80,178 to fill that ditch with dirt.

The busy stretch of U.S. 17-92 has been shut down at least three times over the past month because of flooding.

In April, a police officer had to rescue a driver who was trapped in her flooded car.

David Schillhammer is the executive director of the Enzian Theater, just up the road from the intersection.

“Anecdotally I do hear from patrons because they know this ... no one wants to have a car submerged or be stranded like that,” said Schillhammer.

Schillmer told Spectrum News 13 he confident the city will fix the flooding issues.

The city told us that since Friday, they’ve had pipes working to remove water, and they also have four pumps as back up in case. They wanted to be prepared for this week’s rain.

“(Monday) we had pretty heavy rainfall. (I've) been out there several times today and seems like the system is working as it was designed,” said Maitland Assistant City Manager Mark Reggentin.

The project is expected to be completed in the next couple weeks.

Reporter Matt Fernandez contributed to this story.