Just to make sure everyone knows, the flooding is an intersection about a mile and a half away, where a major county drain crosses under the north south road. My house, although on the same drain, is high and dry (even though the feds say I'm in a flood plain). The intersection has been flooding every year for at least 50 years. Usually it floods first time in the spring at runoff and then in early June when we get the heavy rains and the ground becomes saturated.
The issue is that the darn road is as low as the edge of the drain and the drain is low right there. The roads dip down right at the intersection, the lady in the mask built a house on marshy land right where the road is the lowest. She's predicting higher taxes to fix it, but her real problem has something to do with building a driveway across a wetland. If the road is fixed, there could be more problems there.
I pretty much covered my complaint in the interview - public safety/first responders have to detour 3 miles; people drive fast and the road and it always takes a while for the barricades to go up - can you imagine hitting a foot of water at 55 MPH, with a flooded drain on both sides of the road?
The great thing is the reception I've had from both our township and the county - I have made it clear to them I understand the discovery, possible planning and funding issues. Our township is a rural (north end) university bedroom (south end) with no industry. Typical road funding for a year is like $400 K, which buys some processed gravel and chloride. The county actually owns the roads and is mostly responsible for any spending, so this if ever, may take years (I've been here 40 years and it hasn't been fixed in that time.. (Charlie -it's gotta be OTF someplace in the world)