An agreement to remedy the flooding caused by improper drainage at the new Strathmore Court development located off of Providence Road near the Middle School has been reached.
Several homes on the south side of Strathmore Court were supposed to be equipped with rain gutters that drain forward, to the street and, and in turn, to a storm water basin at the end of the cul-de-sac.
However, the homes’ gutters were installed to instead drain to the rear. The result has been excess storm water making its way into the yards of properties on adjoining Palmers Lane, causing flooding, harming plantings and doing other damage.
Under an agreement unanimously approved via a resolution on April 14 by the township Board of Commissioners, AG&B Builders, the developer of the street, and the owners of lots 9-11 consent to the installation of a piping system that will direct runoff from the homes to an underground pipe to be placed in their backyards. The pipe will then transport the water to the drainage basin.
The work will have to be completed within 45 days, and the township Engineer will conduct an inspection of the system afterwards.
