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Holyoke committee hears DPW report on Longfellow flooding; staff say recent repairs done, severe storms can still overwhelm system
Summary
The committee reviewed drainage work on Longfellow after residents reported repeated flooding near Route 141. DPW and the city engineer described recent pipe and headwall repairs, stone lining and culvert cleaning and characterized the downstream basin as the designed receiving area, but said very heavy storms can still cause temporary flooding.
Councillor Meg McGrath Smith asked the committee on Oct. 28 to get a report from DPW and the city engineer on recurring flooding at the end of Longfellow Road near Route 141, saying residents had experienced blocked driveways and sudden inundation during heavy storms.
"We have a state statute that requires these roads in our city to be passable by a fire truck, by an ambulance, by a police car," McGrath Smith said, explaining the safety concern that…
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