Liberty homes plaqued by repeated flooding during heavy rains

LIBERTY

When it rains really hard, Kingwood Drive becomes Kingwood Creek.

The 12-inch storm water pipes that were installed in the 1960s to accommodate the water from heavy rains — like two that fell in early August — can’t handle the flow, and the water backs up the street.

That’s because there is a lot more development in the area now, said Danielle Lazor, who came with her husband, David, to a Liberty Township trustees meeting this week to talk about the problem.

Theirs is one of four to five houses at the bottom of the street on a cul de sac that take the brunt of the flooding.

The Lazors have installed $10,000 worth of their own drainage to keep the water out of their basement, including three sump pumps. During the last heavy rain three weeks ago, they still got about four inches of water, she said.

“It’s a recurring problem,” she told The Vindicator. “We’ve owned the property seven years. It has flooded six times.”

Read more about the problem and what's being done to fix it in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.