City of Salem PLUS

Submitted as a catch drain issue because there is no catch drain at the end of our street. This causes significant flooding both from all points on the street, which then flows through a makeshift trench to the wetland area behind the property. This flooding is representative of any significant rain or snow. Submitting to request follow up to explore catch basin installation or mitigation from the city.

The previous request was marked CLOSED but nothing was changed or fixed.

Three basins along Forrester (near Emerton) have construction cloth lining them, all of which have several inches of dirt/mud built up. But the problem here is WE CAN'T HAVE THEM ON THIS STREET. We have flooding already when every basin is open. Now we get flooding any time it rains hard.
Moreover: These filters aren't actually working as intended because once the the drains go past capacity any debris trapped by the cloth just gets pushed up and out those basins, disperses into the flooded street and eventually go down the more open drains.

It would be one thing if these drains were catching all kinds of construction related debris, and then they got deposited into a dumpster or wherever, but they don't. They only contribute to more frequent flooding and then dump out any debris all at once.

We need them 100% REMOVED. Not looked into, or have better monitoring, but removed.

Thinking contractors are going to monitor these when it rains is nonsensical, first and foremost, because it assumes they'd even be here during any given storm. No one is going to rush out a 2AM to check on the drains at their jobsite. Please have them remove them asap, before we get additional storms coming through.

Catch basin is filled with and covered by a lot of leaves.

Manhole collapsed in the middle of the road. It has been sinking for some time and it is getting worse.

Drainage issue, water pools on road and sidewalks doesn't make it to the catch basin. This is particularly an issue in freezing temperatures.

Debris from construction project (finished about 2 weeks ago) remains in the street. The steel plate covers a catch basin, blocking drainage, and water is now moving over the sidewalk and near the edge of the building.

The drainage system near this part of valley street isn't working. A moderate amount of rain will overwhelm it and flood the street and my yard.

Broken casting . And area around becomes potholes.

Gravel from the driveway is in the catch basin and in the street almost as far as Kiddie Koop. This happens every year when the #18 driveway is plowed.

There is a rock filled ditch near Dunkin Donuts that drains runoff from Clark St to a drain off of the street. It has become plugged with dirt causing water to puddle on Clark St.

Please have someone come and clear this area. Ever since you all put up those white blockers, the sweepers cannot hit any of this area, and it is a huge mess. Constantly covered, and it is a key basin for our street. Thank you.