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Pinehurst residents demand urgent fixes as repeated flooding leaves streets impassable
Summary
Pinehurst residents told the River Ridge CDD on June 25 that repeated flooding — including an unprecedented June storm — has left streets unsafe and drains overflowing; the district engineer found inlet blockages and ordered cleaning and was asked to deliver a written remediation plan.
Resident Mike Dugan told the River Ridge Community Development District board that Pinehurst residents are “galvanized in one voice” over recurring flooding and demanded that the district make Pinehurst a top priority or face legal action and interim private measures when storms are forecast. “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 read from a prepared statement.
Ed Nowak, another Pinehurst resident, said the redesigned drainage system shifted problems from the Masters to Pinehurst and described streets that remained unsafe and impassable a week after rain subsided. “The bottom line is the current redesigned system as far as we can see is flawed and unacceptable,” Nowak said, urging a final redesign and a time-sensitive, high-priority response during hurricane season.
District Engineer Charlie Krebs, who inspected the neighborhood after seeing videos, told the board he found debris on grates and in pipes and said MRI inspected and removed leaves and flushed debris. Krebs said some Pinehurst drains may have more than 25% blockage and that MRI will clean the inlets. He described three control structures that convey water toward the wetlands and pointed to final control points where flow issues occur.
Chair Bob Schultz asked Mr. Krebs to provide a written plan and an estimated timeline detailing how the situation will be resolved and to share that plan with the board, Eric Long and the Pinehurst neighborhood representative.
The board took no immediate funding vote on-site; the engineer’s cleaning assignment and the promise of a written remediation plan were the substantive responses recorded in the meeting.
