Description

Freeport Avenue Northeast is flooded because the storm drains on the south side of the street are clogged. Water will not drain from the street and the street is essentially half-flooded and with it being rainy season, we can expect that the street will remain flooded. And, the street flooding is NOT tied to the tides in the canal. This is clearly due to the storm drains being clogged because the drains on the north side of the street are clear and are draining. Our street is sloped in the middle, so water cannot flow across the street but is stuck on the south half of the street.

This happens every year. The crews come out every year, early in the year, to clear out the drains however, they should be coming out closer in time to storm/hurricane season. Reason --- the drains do not remain clutter free for 6-8 months at a time due to lawn cuttings, tree debris, garbage, etc. that eventually end up in the storm drains.