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Pinehurst residents press River Ridge CDD for urgent fixes after repeated flooding
Summary
Pinehurst residents told the River Ridge CDD on June 25 that repeated flooding, including a June tropical storm, left streets impassable and raised safety concerns; residents demanded the CDD prioritize a redesign and threatened legal action if the board did not commit to immediate, well‑resourced remediation.
Pinehurst residents urged the River Ridge Community Development District board on June 25 to treat persistent neighborhood flooding as a top priority, saying repeated episodes — most recently during a June 12–14 tropical storm — created unsafe, impassable streets and that the redesigned drainage system appears to have shifted problems from nearby neighborhoods into Pinehurst.
Resident Mike Dugan told the board that Pinehurst residents are “galvanized in one voice” and demanded constant updates and a prompt, fully resourced response. “Short of a quick absolute commitment from River Ridge that Pinehurst flooding is now a #1 or co‑#1 priority, regardless of cost, we will be forced to explore legal options,” Dugan said.
Another Pinehurst resident, Ed Nowak, said the redesigned system appears to have moved the Masters’ previous flooding issue into Pinehurst and described safety problems during the recent storm. “The bottom line is the current redesigned system as far as we can see is flawed and unacceptable,” Nowak said, and he urged a final redesign with immediate prioritization because the area is in hurricane season.
District Engineer Charlie Krebs said he inspected the neighborhood the day of the storm after reviewing videos provided by the general manager and that crews and contractor MRI had cleared leaves and debris from grates and flushed pipes. Krebs said some Pinehurst inlets “perhaps have blockages above 25% that need to be cleaned” and recommended targeted inlet cleaning; he said MRI would clean the inlets.
Board Chair Bob Schultz asked Krebs to prepare a written plan detailing how the situation will be resolved and an estimated timeline, and to provide that plan to the board, the district general manager and Pinehurst neighborhood representatives. The plan request followed residents’ demands for regular updates and offers of financial support from some neighbors.
The board did not vote on an immediate redesign during the meeting; the engineer and staff discussed causes, maintenance and next steps and committed to further action and reporting. The board’s requested written remediation plan and the timing of any design changes are the next procedural steps.
