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Alsea residents raise storm-drain and water-quality concerns to county and LCDC staff
Summary
Residents reported new storm drains and sidewalk work that they say has redirected or blocked runoff, flooding yards and affecting wells. Speakers urged engineering assessment of underground springs and county follow-up; participants asked whether existing sewer maintenance funds could be used for drainage fixes.
Local residents described storm-drain and surface-water problems after recent road and sidewalk work, telling the Alsea Community Advisory Committee that runoff from the hill is not reaching new or existing drains and is flooding yards and village properties.
Resident John Tittman described water running from a hill, failing to reach a new drain in front of the old bank building and noted possible broken drainage in a field. “There was a water issue…this is an underground water coming off the mountain,” Tittman said during public comment. He later provided his address for the record.
Residents and committee members discussed who is responsible for the work and whether Oregon Department of Transportation…
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