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Daycare owner urges Aberdeen to press developer, DOT on chronic flooding at Atrium/Johnson
Summary
A daycare proprietor told the Aberdeen board that repeated flooding at 503 Johnson Street has forced closures and financial losses; town staff said Johnson is DOT-owned, the developer has not turned over the road, and the town will contact the attorney while pursuing DOT and shopping-center stormwater agreements.
Judy Orkey, who operates Kitty Corner Daycare, told the Aberdeen Board of Commissioners on Aug. 25 that water collects on Atrium Street and runs onto her property at 503 Johnson Street after nearly every rainfall.
"The Atrium Street area ... causes water to run onto our property at 503 Johnson," Orkey said, and she told the board she has hundreds of photos documenting repeated flooding and that the business had closed for months at one point. "We have lost thousands…
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