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Mount Clemens officials outline phased plan as residents press for solutions to repeated basement flooding
Summary
Residents from Lafayette Street and other neighborhoods urged the Mount Clemens City Commission to act after repeated basement flooding; City Manager Shipman said engineers will study citywide sewer separation, restricted storm-sewer covers were tested, and officials estimate a multi-million-dollar, phased effort is needed.
Residents told the Mount Clemens City Commission on July 21 that recurring basement flooding on Lafayette Street and nearby blocks has imposed heavy costs and disrupted daily life.
"My neighbor had water in her basement," Shelby Holderbaum, 53 Lafayette, said during public comment, pressing the city for details about prior analyses and asking what additional steps will be taken for her street. Dorothy Kamalski, 52 Lafayette, said a resident (Sue Frasier) phoned city offices after waking up to sewer water in her basement and urged city staff to track those calls.
City Manager Greg…
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