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Pinehurst residents press River Ridge board to prioritize drainage after severe flooding
Summary
Pinehurst residents told the River Ridge CDD board that repeated flooding, including an unprecedented June storm, left streets impassable and unsafe; the district engineer identified blockages and the board directed staff to produce a written remediation plan and timeline.
Pinehurst residents urged the River Ridge Community Development District board on June 25 to make Pinehurst drainage their top priority after repeated and, residents said, worsening flooding.
At the meeting, resident Mike Dugan read a prepared statement that described "unprecedented flooding in Pinehurst" from the June 12–14 storm and warned: "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." Another resident, Ed Nowak, said the district’s redesigned storm system shifted problems to Pinehurst and called the current system "flawed and unacceptable." He told the Board that Pinehurst streets remained flooded a week after the storm and that bubbling water from receivers created safety risks.
District Engineer Charlie Krebs said he inspected the neighborhood after seeing videos from PSGRC General Manager Eric Long and found blockages at inlets and grates; he said MRI inspected the next day, removed leaves from a grate, cleaned pipes toward the outfall and that debris flushed out because it was not compacted. Krebs said, "The problem is the blockage and perhaps some of the drains along Pinehurst have blockages above 25% that need to be cleaned." He told the Board he will have MRI clean the inlets.
Chair Bob Schultz asked Krebs to prepare a written plan detailing how the situation will be resolved and an estimated timeline and to provide it to the Board, district staff and the Pinehurst neighborhood group. The Board did not take formal action on a redesign at the meeting; residents said several have offered financial support and requested constant updates.
The engineer’s inspection, the planned inlet cleaning and the requested written plan are the immediate next steps; the Board listed drainage projects among uses of loan proceeds elsewhere on the agenda. The district said a Lake & Dry Retention Audit Report will appear on the July agenda.
