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Resident presses township to address deep drainage ditch on Schoolhouse Road; public works and engineer say piped solution would require property work
Summary
Residents at 446 Schoolhouse Road showed photos of a roughly 3–4 foot deep roadside drainage ditch and asked the township to pipe and fill it; staff said public works has cleared the ditch previously, will add reflectors, but piping or filling would likely require property acquisition and is not standard practice.
A Monroe Township resident asked the council June 30 for help after a drainage ditch in front of 446 Schoolhouse Road remained deep and hazardous despite repeated clearing by public works.
Resident Janice D'Amico (speaking for the household) said contractors had driven heavy trucks into the ditch, the mail carrier nearly went in and the ditch is roughly three to four feet deep. She asked why the township could not install a pipe to replace the open ditch and connect…
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