A Flour Bluff resident is raising concerns that a city drainage project on Caribbean Drive could lead to flooding on her property during storms.
Mary Lou Roper, a Flour Bluff resident who has lived on Caribbean Drive for nearly 20 years, believes the project’s design will direct water toward her land.
Flour Bluff resident fears adjacent drainage project will flood her property
“If anybody’s done any basic math and physics in general school you can understand if you lower the path of resistance you are going to move water,” Roper said.
The city’s drainage project on Caribbean includes raising the road and installing large culverts, which Roper fears will create flooding issues for her property.
“Right now my property is protected a little bit by that road and by lowering that road and increasing the drainage you know there’s no doubt that during huge storms I’m going to get massive water over my driveway,” Roper said…