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Pinehurst residents demand priority on repeated flooding; district engineer points to blocked inlets
Summary
Pinehurst residents told the River Ridge CDD board on June 25 that repeated neighborhood flooding after recent storms has reached a safety threshold and must become the district's top priority; District Engineer Charlie Krebs said debris and blocked grates likely caused prolonged drainage, pledged inlet cleaning and will deliver a written remediation plan and timeline.
Pinehurst residents appealed to the River Ridge Community Development District Board on June 25, saying repeated flooding after a June 12–14 tropical storm has made roadways impassable and created safety concerns.
Resident Mike Dugan read a prepared statement urging the board to make Pinehurst flooding “a #1 or co-#1 priority, regardless of cost,” warning that "we will be forced to explore legal options" and that residents may pay for temporary sandbagging during future storms if action is not taken. Another Pinehurst resident, Ed Nowak, said the redesigned drainage system has shifted problems from the Masters neighborhood to Pinehurst and described water "bubbling up" from receivers days after storms ended.
The board asked for an engineering update. District Engineer Charlie Krebs said he inspected the area after receiving videos from the PSGRC general manager and found debris and leaves blocking a grate and contributing to pipe and receiver problems. Krebs said MRI inspected the next day, flushed debris from backyard pipes toward the outfall and identified some inlets that may be more than 25% blocked. He said the debris was not compacted and could be removed and that MRI will clean the inlets.
Krebs acknowledged continuing questions about why the two drains feeding Pinehurst remained full for almost a week after rainfall subsided and described ongoing checks of swales, cascading basins and flow‑ways. Chair Bob Schultz asked Krebs to prepare a written plan that includes how the situation will be resolved and an estimated timeline and to provide that plan to the Board, PSGRC General Manager Eric Long and the Pinehurst NVR.
The residents' comments framed the issue as an urgent health-and-safety concern tied to repeated post‑storm flooding. Board members did not adopt a formal, immediate remediation motion at the meeting but directed staff and the engineer to pursue inlet cleaning and to return with a written plan and schedule for remediation.
Next steps: Krebs will coordinate MRI inlet cleaning and deliver the requested written plan and timeline to the board and to Pinehurst representatives; the board will review that plan at a future meeting.
