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Owner of Bill Wright Supply asks town to file claim after repeated floods; council authorizes insurer filing and engineering review
Summary
Business owner Christopher Sandy asked the council to reimburse flood losses and to fix street drainage at South Body and Railroad Street after a March storm flooded his commercial building. Council voted to allow staff to file an insurance claim on his behalf and to hire an engineer to evaluate repiping and drainage fixes.
Christopher Sandy, owner of Bill Wright Supply (Commercial Contractor Wholesale Supply LLC), told the Town of Nashville council on April 1 that stormwater flooding on March 16 sent six to 12 inches of water into his building at 720 South Body Street and damaged inventory and trailers.
Sandy told the council the March event followed multiple prior floods — he said the building has flooded "four times in the last five years" — and that the construction of a nearby junction and parking lot has increased flow toward his property. He provided a damage figure for…
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