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Residents report culvert freezing at 45 Gates Pond Road that can back up water to nearby homes
Summary
At a field visit during the April 30 scoping kick-off, property owners at 45 Gates Pond Road showed a large culvert that conveys water under a barn and behind a phone building; attendees said the culvert can freeze in winter and cause backup and basement flooding.
During an on-site tour at 45 Gates Pond Road, property owners showed attendees a large culvert that directs water from the hill underneath a barn and behind a phone building; residents said the culvert can freeze over in winter and that freezing leads to water backing up into nearby yards and basements.
Attendees described a swale-shaped landform running from properties at 1 Gates Pond Road up to 75 Gates Pond Road that funnels runoff downslope toward the back of 45 Gates Pond Road and the phone building. The meeting notes indicate that even homes slightly uphill of the culvert can experience basement flooding when the culvert is blocked by ice.
At 1 Gates Pond Road a concrete access panel was opened and standing water was observed in a pipe where residents said water "bubbles up." The scoping meeting recorded these physical observations for future hydraulic and capacity assessment but did not include an engineering recommendation in the notes.
