Residents living off of Plymouth/Goshen Trail appeared before the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety last week to present issues with drainage from the Centennial Crossings project.
Cindy Milner said a portion of her driveway, consisting of limestone, has washed away due to runoff of water during storms due to the Centennial Crossings construction. She said there were no problems before the construction started as a wooded area and brush was able to retain runoff.
She said she has filed complaints before, along with her neighbors, and all are disappointed that nothing has been done. Not only are there water problems, she said electric outages have also been reported which she believes is caused by the construction at Centennial Crossings.
She did point to one incident on August 11 when water caused issues, but Plymouth City Engineer Rick Gaul said two inches of rain fell within 30 minutes in a 50-year flood which may have been the result of issues at that time.
Gaul did note that a retention pond will be developed as part of the original plans of construction.
Additionally, the Centennial Crossings property is annexed into the City of Plymouth while the Milner’s property is on county property.
In the end, City Attorney Sean Surrisi said he would talk to the developer to see if information could be relayed to the subcontractor to look into fixing the issues.
