Through the FEMA Predisaster Mitigation Account, which will go to the City of Kannapolis. The 8th Street culvert connector road from Main Street to West A Street is utilized by a number of citizens and the nearby Woodrow Wilson Elementary School as a primary transportation route. The existing structure is a six-five foot long 4' x 8' box culvert that was constructed using granite blocks mortared into place. As a result of Tropical Storm Fay, large cracks in the wall and floor of the culvert have allowed water to enter the area behind it and erode the surrounding fill material. This situation has caused a slope failure on the downstream side of 8th Street. In addition, a number of the blocks used to form the top of the culvert have broken into two pieces, limiting structural support for the roadway above and necessitating the roadway's closure since December 2008.

The 8th Street culvert over Lumber Yard Branch is a significant connector road from Main Street to West A Street utilized by a number of Kannapolis citizens and the nearby Woodrow Wilson Elementary School as a primary transportation route that failed as a result of Tropical Storm Fay. City residents use this road for east-west movement in the City of Kannapolis for shopping, accessing the city's parks, the YMCA, library, and for commuting to jobs. The road is indefinitely closed pending the appropriation of funding to replace the creek crossing. The funds will be sent to Kannapolis, NC (P.O. Box 1199; Kannapolis, NC 28082-1199).