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Board sets May 28 hearing after neighbors say Halton Court dirt work caused flooding and silt runoff
Summary
After neighbors testified that recent dirt work at two platted lots on Halton Court has caused standing water, silt-clogged drains and runoff into Mill Creek, the Rankin County Board set a public hearing for May 28 and told the builder to hire an engineer to model existing and proposed stormwater conditions.
The Rankin County Board of Supervisors voted April 15 to schedule a May 28 public hearing after residents and a homebuilder sharply disagreed about drainage at two platted lots on Halton Court.
Neighbors told the board the builder’s early dirt work has changed historical drainage patterns and is already pushing water and silt onto adjacent yards and into Mill Creek. “This is no longer a possibility or a future concern. It's already happening now,” Laura Faulkner, a Halton Court resident, told the board, saying she has filed a Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality complaint over sediment runoff.
Builder representatives said the lots were…
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