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Residents describe repeated basement flooding and federal buyout funds; city match still unresolved
Summary
Multiple Warwick residents described chronic flooding in a neighborhood that has flooded several times and said federal buyout funds of $570,000 have been earmarked but the city match (about $178,000) and related conservation grant remain unresolved.
Several Warwick residents used the city council’s public comment period to describe recurring basement flooding in a corridor that drains to a 36‑inch culvert and to urge the city to complete a federally funded buyout and property demolition that they say would solve the problem.
Kevin McDonald, who described himself as a 52‑year resident and taxpayer, told the council that his house on Govan (Gobain/Gobin as transcribed) Drive flooded multiple times, including events that deposited “7 to 8 feet” of water in a basement in October 2024 and later storms that again inundated the property. McDonald said federal funds of…
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