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Brooks Lane, Northeast 13th Street residents press city on flooding; staff says stormwater master plan will include neighborhood outreach
Summary
Residents described recurring, sometimes impassable flooding on Brooks Lane and Northeast 13th Street tied to recent infill and regrading; public works said the city is beginning scope development for a stormwater master plan and expects public outreach and an initial plan within six months to a year.
Residents from multiple neighborhoods told the Delray Beach Planning & Zoning Board on April 20 that recent infill construction and regrading are worsening longstanding flooding problems.
Rachel McGinn, who identified her address as 236 Northeast 13th Street, said new homes raised on nearby lots have redirected stormwater toward her house and that she has documented water reaching her front door during rain. "My home is about to be flooded out by the new construction that's being built all around it," McGinn said, describing damaged trees, unauthorized accessory structures and what she called inadequate stormwater controls…
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