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Resident urges city to stop stormwater pipe from draining onto private yard
Summary
A Grain Valley resident said a storm drain has been directing street runoff onto private property since 2016 and urged the city to connect a pipe to an existing collection box rather than repeatedly cleaning rock-filled drainage that she said worsens flooding.
A Grain Valley resident asked the Board of Aldermen on Tuesday night to stop a city stormwater pipe from discharging onto her property and to evaluate connecting the street drain to a nearby collection box. The resident, who identified her address as 1294 Northwest Folks Drive, told aldermen she has recorded flooding at her home dating to February 2016 and said the public storm pipe now dumps water and rock into her backyard, across her driveway and into the cul-de-sac. She said crews had come out that day to remove rock but that the city’s work has…
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