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  These Green Hills (Registered User)

  Please fix this drainage issue. My neighbors have been exceedingly patient.

  Susan Ames

  05/29/2020 · Flag Flagged
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  DPW Pine Customer Service (Verified Official)

  DPW Pine Customer Service assigned this issue to Stormwater Program Manager

  06/02/2020 · Flag Flagged
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  Water Quality Program Manager (Verified Official)

  UPDATE:
  Water Resources Staff will be on site Monday, 7/6/2020, collecting survey data for this location. At present, we are hoping to have a workable solution to the flooding issue in the coming month, and are tentatively aiming for repairs to be constructed in late August or early September of 2020. We will update this issue once we have identified a feasible repair option and have a more firm schedule for construction.

  Please note that we will reach out to residents directly ahead of planned construction to ensure everyone is adequately prepared for that work, especially given the rather constrained nature of this area.

  07/02/2020 · Flag Flagged
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  Troy Headrick (Registered User)

  Thank you! I very much appreciate the update and look forward to learning about proposed solutions.

  07/02/2020 · Flag Flagged
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  Troy Headrick (Registered User)

  "At present, we are hoping to have a workable solution to the flooding issue in the coming month, and are tentatively aiming for repairs to be constructed in late August or early September of 2020."
  -- Water Quality Program Manager - July, 2020

  Did you mean you'd have a solution within the year? Because that month goal is long gone. Just letting you know that we're coming up on a year before too long. Any updates?

  04/26/2021 · Flag Flagged
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  Alec (Registered User)

  That's so funny, Troy -- I've been thinking for the last week that I should really revisit this thread.

  So, yeah, a solution to this would be great. I have several new pictures I can share, detailing the same problem from over the winter. But that'd just be redundant. What do you say, Water Quality Program Manager?

  04/26/2021 · Flag Flagged
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  SaintPauliGirl (Registered User)

  Does this persistent, remediable drainage issue affect the appraised value of your properties by any chance?

  04/26/2021 · Flag Flagged
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  Closed Stormwater Program Manager (Verified Official)

  The Department of Public Works has reviewed this locations drainage infrastructure, pavement condition, and assessed the puddle severity. It is our determination that, at this time, no infrastructure improvements are warranted.

  09/10/2021 · Flag Flagged
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  Reopened Alec (Registered User)

  Wow, seriously? So you thought, a year ago, that it was a real issue, and had plans to fix things, but now you think there's no real issue. So were you wrong a year ago? I don't think you were. You could at least be honest and say you don't want to spend the money fixing the problem -- THE PROBLEM THAT STILL EXISTS. Oh, and did I mention that THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS? One of these days 75 Bilodeau is going to flood; one of these days someone is going to wipe out on the ice outside of 70 Bilodeau; one of these days, a car is going to slide on the ice and take out another car or a wall or a house.

  09/10/2021 · Flag Flagged
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  Troy Headrick (Registered User)

  This is disappointing. But you must have spent a long time thinking about it since you’re closing this after 400+ days.

  I’m curious, though, there are 5 houses that are situated beyond any drainage inputs. What should they do about the runoff that collects?

  09/10/2021 · Flag Flagged
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  P. Julien (Registered User)

  I am writing to ask you (Stormwater Program Coordinator) to reconsider. We have seen, across the country, increasing reports of flooding due to climate change and the combination of drought followed by record-breaking heavy rainfall. There is no reason to think that can't or won't happen here. Positioned as we are at the bottom of a hill with dreadfully improper city drainage, I worry that the five houses here would be subject to heavy damage. We've also seen that costs associated with repair, mold abatement, insurance, and replacement exceed the costs of preventative measures that could have been taken in various regions. I think we are in the situation now where preventative measures should be taken before a catastrophic storm. We pay taxes and expect the services everyone in the city of Burlington rightfully expects, including proper drainage on our city street. Please reopen this issue and undertake the NECESSARY improvements to storm water drainage on Bilodeau Court.

  09/11/2021 · Flag Flagged
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  SaintPauliGirl (Registered User)

  To my fellow citizens across town--Our neighborhood has cached a small supply of sandbags (from DPW) to protect properties in the event due to our inadequate street drainage. If you follow suit, please know that the bags provided are very susceptible to UV and will disintegrate within a year if so exposed.

  09/11/2021 · Flag Flagged
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  These Green Hills (Registered User)

  Please reconsider the determination made by some folks at the DPW. Our street needs proper drainage infrastructure especially at the end of Bilodeau Ct, but also on the west side of the circle as water pours down from the UVMMC during rainstorms and directly into basements. Look at the water-damaged path (intersection of East Ave and Bilodeau) leading up to the UVMMC campus. Water travels down the hill and path into our neighborhood. I have lived on this street for decades and the standing ponds/rivers left after the rain in the street and in backyards as it streams off the hill is much worse than it was years ago. Please study how water on the hill is managed. Upgrades are desperately needed.

  09/11/2021 · Flag Flagged
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  Acknowledged Burlington, VT (Verified Official)

  Thank you for this update. We will look back into this issue and update you as soon as we can.

  10/21/2021 · Flag Flagged
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  BurlingtonVTRegisteredReporter (Registered User)

  Another "decades long" neighbor here: I can confirm that the amount of water that cascades down Bilodeau Ct. during moderate to heavy rain (not to mention snow-melt) would prompt Noah to begin anew. Not to mention that the storm drains on East Ave south of the intersection with Bilodeau Ct are almost always clogged and ineffective. Ultimately, a river of runoff bypasses the drains, takes a convenient right-hand turn down Bilodeau Ct. and doesn't stop until it finds the pond at the bottom. C'mon man! Help these folks out! It's been years!

  10/21/2021 · Flag Flagged

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