Engineering PLUS

These have been damaged and hazardous for over a year. This intersection has a crosswalk and congregate housing nearby. Someone using a walker, wheelchair or that is vision impaired is at severe risk of falling from these broken treads.

The retaining wall between the Miller Library Building and the DeMatteo Building at 2911 Dixwell Avenue is a safety hazard. I do not know if this wall is town property but the top 3 levels of brickwork is not secure and many bricks have fallen! Many more are detached and ready to come down. The structural integrity of this wall is totally compromised and should be inspected as soon as possible to prevent any pedestrian injuries or the total collapse of the wall.

Storm drain at intersection of Leatherman and Fans Rock should be moved as water never runs in it but around it. Been like this the 13 years we’ve lived here. Creates a huge patch of ice every winter. Cars & buses slide in or out of Leatherman Trail. Often Dangerous. Need to sand regularly or better yet, move storm drain to catch flow of water.

Between 285 and 291 Blake Circle is a low area which I believe is for drainage. There is a large black plastic tarp over it now. How will the water drain and won't mosquitos breed in the resulting puddles? Note: there already are areas of water sitting on the tarp.

Because of the hills of debris on the other side of the fence here, the canal trail gets flooded whenever there’s a substantial rain. No place for the rain to drain to.

Culvert on Harrison across from house #77 is totally clogged. It needs to be cleaned out and inspected for the cracks in the pipeline. It is flooding everyone's back yards all the way down to Eleanor St. Several neighbors have also committed, to date it's still not looked at. I started in March!!

The stream that runs between our road (Ridgewood Avenue) and the road parallel (Brookside Drive) has become increasingly flashy over the last two years. Large rainfall events lead it to break its banks, flooding the lower part of our back yard (and multiple others' yards). The repeated events are pushing the groundwater higher, meaning our sump pump is running more and risking the chances of basement flooding. Walking the stream it is clear that the culverts under Santa Fe and Churchill Rd through which the stream passes are too narrow - when the rains come they cannot handle the flow. Upstream, the pond at High Lane is silting up, meaning that it has less capacity. It is now common to the see groundwater bubbling up in multiple locations uphill from us. And on our part of Ridgewood, Brookside and Churchill, there are storm drains that are permanently backed up, leading to large pooling even when the rains have passed over and the flow in the stream has dropped again. The fix seems to demand that Hamden work with RWA to address these issues - drainage has become increasingly poor and the Town has not taken action despite the fact the issue appears years in the making. Please take action.

Resident stopped by to complain about flooding on Whitney Ave and Forest Street. Water is collecting on Forest Street due to an imperfection of the new paved portion of Whitney Ave.

I reside at 100 Carroll road, we have a dangerous ice accumulation that happens every year throughout the winter and it is getting worse, I don’t know where the water is coming from but the ice builds up in front of my driveway extending from our mailbox down the road and it extends further out to the street, this happens from the first freeze point through the winter and the buildup continues to form solid block of ice creating a dangerous condition. Please direct me as to who I can help with this, thank you for your help thank you for reading.

Please contact me for additional help.
Regards.
Anthony Burroughs
100 Carroll road
203-500-7394

There is a significant amount of runoff water that comes from the street onto the property. This started happening a few years ago, after the paving/refinishing of the road.