I have approached Commissioner Carter regarding a county drain problem on my road on several occasions; it's been 4 years now, without any results or action on the part of the Commissioner. Even the drains themselves have not been cleaned out in the 4 years of communication.
There is a county drain that is pointed at my property, so that whenever it rains we get flooded out.
The Forestry Department and the EPA say that a catch basin should have been put in, taking the water down to the natural flow, and that it is the county's job, and that all we needed to do was to contact Commissioner Carter to resolve the issue.
Commissioner Carter states that is was not his job and that for one million dollars we could fix the problem ourselves, without giving us any viable options to the problem.
We need a resolution. The property across the street floods, goes through the culvert and is pointed directly at my property. There are times when I have 18-plus inches of water standing around my house. Standing water is always a problem, but during these rains, when heavy like last night and today, we are so flooded that getting out of the house is not an option.
EDWIN BRUMBAUGH, VIAN
