An industrial park on the Southside near Yorktown Blvd and Rodd Field Road has experienced decades of flooding, according to business owners in the area. Recent rainfall has highlighted the persistent issue.
John Davis, taxidermy shop owner at the industrial park, says the flooding is a constant problem.”I’ve seen cars get stalled out they get it inside their engine and there’s you know it ruins the whole car,” Davis said.
Southside industrial area businesses struggle with decades of flooding issues
Kevin Shaw has owned a boat repair shop on Pyrenees Street for nearly 30 years and tells me the area has been flooding since the 1980s.
“You know, this place is basically kind of was left alone by the city a long time ago. You know, once they put Yorktown and started developing everything out this way, you know, past Holly, we just been forgotten,” Shaw said…