Pinellas County PLUS

In spring of this year, we were told that the ditches on our street would be redone to allow water to drain off towards the west. Workers came out and dug out the ditch in front of our house and partially at our next door neighbors at 801 CTD. The digging made our front yard the lowest section causing all of the water yo pool there versus draining off. In addition to only partially digging out our neighbors’ ditch the culvert allowing water to flow southwest under the road by 802 CTD toward the pond was not cleared. The ditch also was not dug out at all at 793 because of “their planter box in the easement (as per the workers who were working on the project).”

Previously, after heavy downpours water might be in our front yard for several hours to half a day. Now, every time it rains water pools there for a minumum of half a day, and more recently it has not drained off at all; the water level just increases or slightly decreases. When there is no water in the ditch one can clearly see that it slopes down from 801 CTD toward our yard. A Pinellas County employee who was checking the ditches a few weeks ago also noticed that and stated he would report it to his supervisor. Since then, we have heard or seen nothing regarding this problem. Aside from being a nuisance, the standing water is killing the shade tree in our front yard and it has also become a mosquito breeding ground. We have lived in our house since 2013, and have never had this many mosquitoes, even after major rain events and storms.

Please send someone to fix the ditches in our neighborhood so water can drain off properly.

Thank you!!!