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Residents report basements flooding after West Seventh Street reconstruction; city hires consultants to investigate
Summary
Neighbors told the council that basement flooding increased after reconstruction work on West Seventh Avenue. City staff said grout injection was completed and consultants are being engaged to analyze hydrogeology and advise on targeted remedies; potential fixes could range from modest work to multi-million-dollar projects.
Residents from the West Seventh Avenue area told the Oshkosh Common Council that basement flooding began or worsened after recent reconstruction work and have been ongoing since Sept. 19. Lee Faust and Court Lakash presented videos, soil-boring logs and first-hand observations describing water intrusion into basements and rising groundwater levels near the project area.
City engineering staff said they performed a grout injection at the intersection of Seventh and Michigan to…
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