DPW HWYS Shelley F assigned this issue to DPW HWYS M. Wolf

Inspected - investigating cause & ownership.

Hi, this is still an issue. I’ve tripped while walking many times on this. The sidewalk drops 6-12” in two spots right around the gutter/drain in the road, which appears to be sinking. Can someone please come repair it? Thank you.

Hello - thanks for the update. The cause of the defect at this location is a failing privately-owned drainage pipe that runs under the sidewalk and was improperly broken into the inlet structure. This pipe does not appear on our record documents for this neighborhood and is not associated with a maintenance easement.

The residents abutting this location have been notified of their responsibility to repair their pipe and the resulting damage it has caused to the sidewalk.

Ok, thank you for the reply.

Hello, this still has not been repaired and is getting worse. Is there a expectation on when the home owner will repair this?

It's been almost 4 years now......

Is there an update to this?

Will HoCo do anything about this or should we call it SeeClick and Forget ? Its going to be cold and dark soon and these slippery and broken sidewalks need to be fixed before then

I gave up on Click Fix and contacted our County representative, Mr. Opel Jones. I then received an e-mail from a county project manager saying that our streets will be re-paved, and damaged sidewalks/curbs will be repaired this fall or next spring. We will see. It would help if other neighbors complained to Mr. Jones. Here is how you can reach him.
https://cc.howardcountymd.gov/council-members/district-2/contact-district-2

As previously stated, the sidewalk defect is due to a failed storm drain line from a back yard drain tied into the roadside inlet box. This line is outside of County right of way and not contained within a maintenance easement.

As such, we have no maintenance responsibility here under County Code 18.402(a) which limits our responsibility to those sidewalk panels damaged by a tree in County right of way or a County water/sewer project.

The property owners responsible for this repair to both the sidewalk and the drain line have been notified. I will forward this request back to our office to follow up with these residents.