Storm Inundates the 'Dale

We rode around town during the rainstorm on Tuesday December 9 to see if the new storm water improvement projects were successful at alleviating flooding.

Our first stop was George Field where the impact of the work was dramatic. The Village constructed a 7-acre dry retention pond at George Field, which is the largest pond in the county. The field was filled up and looked more like a lake than a green, and appeared to be doing its job of retaining water for slow release downstream. However, across the street, a home on Oxford Road still had considerable flooding in its sideyard.

At the library, library pond had expanded and the benches that usually border the pond were actually in the water. We don't know if library pond was intended for additional water retention.

At the high school there was water water everywhere. The parking lots were deluged, the stream that runs along the parking lot was totally submerged and the drinking lot was underwater.

On Thursday, parents with high school students received an email that said:

"The Brewster Road and Wayside Lane entrances to the pick-up/drop-off circle are closed. We ask all parents who normally use the circle for pick-up to instead pick up their children on Post Road. All students will be instructed to go to Post Road to be picked up. We anticipate continued problems with flooding, as rain is forecast through tomorrow night. Therefore, we encourage all students to use buses and to carpool as much as possible. Parking spots are in short supply as the gravel lot and the lot at Harcourt Road have already flooded."

Hopefully when the storm water management project now under construction in Harcourt Woods is completed, the high school will be spared from flooding.

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