Flooding by Design
Posted by jaybeacham on 17 Sep 2018 at 03:52 am | Tagged as: blog
Is there Flooding by Design in Ivins City?
Let’s look at some roads and developments.
Flooding and erosion by design in Ivins at:
100 N and 600 W
600 W and Center
600 W about 300 South
These photos were taken on September 14 and 15 2018.
A grading expert from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma has commented on the grading of the areas in these photos.
“A few points:
Number one there is no silt fence or any other type of erosion protection
if the city doesn’t want to use a silt fence structure, then they should be using sod or some type of other stuff to keep things from being eroded due to rain.
This approach works the best; the results of the water erosion then take it to wind erosion. The ground cover doesn’t even have to live; it’s the fact that it creates a barrier that hold the dirt in.
They definitely have the grading angles wrong between the fence and the path.
It is too steep with nothing there to protect any runoff.
The primary issue in addressing this is that if the City cares so little about erosion and their streets and that means our streets aren’t safe and obviously the contractors don’t care so how can you trust the quality of their buildings.
The question to the public is not only that, but also if they care so little about their streets and the way these places are built and protected, then how do they care about you and is this really a safe City to be in.
Do you want to buy a place with this type of erosion and flooding because you’re going to have to have flood insurance otherwise when it does flood and you lose your home you’re going to be in trouble.”