[RP TownTalk] flooding on Taylor Road

[annelbv]

We have a flooded backyard on Somerset, but the basement stayed dry.
There is still a very large puddle back there that's making my chocolate lab so happy...

Anne

Roland Walker <walker at pobox.com> wrote: However, I just talked to the Town Administrator about the water and
it seems there is a great deal of flooding in the back yards and
basements along Taylor.

The town is trying to get the portable pumping equipment from the
county out to that area.

I wonder how Edmonston is doing.  Guy, are you on this list?

R

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Roland Walker  wrote:
> Flooding on Taylor Road ... there is none!
>
>  It seems like we always have some flooding down there after this much
>  rain, so I suppose the improvements the county made at the pumping
>  station have already made a difference.  I say "already" because I'm
>  not sure that they have finished the project.
>
>  If I remember right, the county put in larger culverts, expanded the
>  reservoir and put in those huge new pumps.  It was quite an
>  investment.
>
>  Driving by this morning, it wasn't clear if the pumps had been
>  activated during the storm; I'd be interested to know if that happens.
>
>  R
>
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