Residents tell Richland County commissioners flooding worsened after curbing project in Walnut Hills

Members of the public told the Richland County Board of Commissioners on July 29 that repeated street and yard flooding in the Walnut Hills neighborhood began after a curbing project and is making at least one home unsellable. The complaint came during public comment when a resident described sidewalk- and yard-level flooding that prevents use of a front walkway and has left a sinkhole in a neighbor's yard. The resident said the township and the soil and water conservation district have not resolved the issue and that neighborhood residents are considering legal action. The matter matters because residents say the flooding started only after the township's recent curbing work and because the road is a township road, which complicates…