Our county has been working on improving the drainage in our subdivision. As far as I know, this is the first time this has been done since it was started back in the late seventies. I'm guessing the numerous appeals on property taxes has created some attention.
The subdivision was built by a somewhat shady developer. The original road was created by using borrowed soil for the road bed, and the ditches left by "borrowing" the soil were never profiled for drainage, and the property owners just threw some culverts into the ditch to gain access to their property. This created some problems, since this resulted in ponding between some culverts, which led to constant wet ditches, and the crappy road (which was only oiled sand) took a beating. Eventually the county took over the road, placed a durable surface, and this helped.
The original developer tried to mitigate water problems by building a levee around the subdivision, and placed a pump station to pump out the water. This was a disaster, since the pump station was a joke, and fell into disrepair. The levee now not only blocked natural drainage, it caused the adjacent creek to pond water upstream, which slowed down drainage further. Holes were cut in the levee, which helped mitigate the created problem, but the original drainage problems still existed.
The county just finished profiling the ditches, cutting them to drain, and this helped the drainage tremendously. They're now water-jetting the culverts to remove sediment. Some culverts obviously need to be changed to facilitate drainage, but whether that happens is yet to be seen. With the improved drainage, and limited funds, I don't see this happening. We'll see, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
Fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteTo date, one of the worst places for holding water remains. Since I don't have a means to shoot elevations, I can only go by what I see, and draining this area requires removing, and replacing, drive culverts. I doubt they do this.
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