closed #175030
Drainage or Runoff
629 S Woodlawn AVE
- Case Date:
- 3/5/2021
Alley between houses causes significant drainage problem with basement flooding during rain/snow thaw
Alley between houses causes significant drainage problem with basement flooding during rain/snow thaw
Cars often park in this drive, blocking sidewalk. Tickets might help.
Car completely blocking sidewalk
Several cracked and upheaved squares if sidewalk, north side of 700 University Street, east of S. Fess.
The storm drain that sits in the curb cut for my driveway is sinking. I can see fallen bricks through the grate. The road surface and sidewalk are both crumbling around it. I am worried that the drain grate may collapse.
Sidewalk pushed up. Pedestrian hazard.
drainage pipe from eaves is partially extending into sidewalk and constitutes a trip hazard especially at night; this area has heavy pedestrian traffic
lower yard needs to be mowed especially lawn between sidewalk and curb on 1st St. Grass is over 10 inches tall
Complaint of overgrowth from property obstructing sidewalk path.
Reported to Mike Carter via email 1/11/18. Reporting to uReport as well. FYI. With the new snow, it’s a lot easier to see where the leak is at. I hope you had a nice long weekend… Best, Rick On Jan 11, 2018, at 2:27 PM, Rick Birch Dietz wrote: Mike, here’s the scoop on the leak we discussed. Thanks! I live at 1500 E Maxwell Ln. I’m at the SE corner of Maxwell and Sheridan. There appears to be water pooling on east side of Sheridan near the western entrance to my driveway. I noticed ice here a few times last winter but thought it was just frozen road runoff and it wasn’t super cold last year so ice build-up wasn’t significant. But it’s been well below freezing and there shouldn’t be standing water. I didn’t observe anything like this in the spring, summer or fall. I assume there’s a small water line leak underground, perhaps underneath the road. The road is cracked along the edge so there may be some freeze/thaw going on. It doesn’t seem to be an emergency — the flow seems pretty minimal but it does generate some ice south of the wet area when below freezing. I wanted to report this now that I realize what is going on. I placed a stake with orange flagging tape in the area where it seems like water is coming to the surface. Thanks for looking into this. Thanks, R <IMG_4655.jpeg>