A jogger trots alongside a bakery boxed in by floods on Kalamazoo and Homer Streets in Lansing where water has covered roads for the second week in a row.
- Homer Street has flooded twice in two weeks, forcing road closures and business impacts.
- Ingham County Drain Commissioner says businesses are in a floodway and will “always be wet”.
- Business owners argue flooding patterns have changed since recent development projects.
WATCH: LANSING BUSINESS OWNERS DEMAND FLOOD SOLUTIONS FROM OFFICIALS
Lansing flooding issues
Jeffrey Johnson, co-owner of Bake N’ Cakes, has operated his business since 1983. In those 43 years Johnson says he experienced major flooding just once, until recently.
“As soon as they shut that highway down, my business cuts in about half,” Johnson said, referring to the closure of the U.S. 127 north exit ramp to Kalamazoo Street that segues into Homer Street.
One of Johnson’s employees captured video showing water covering Homer Street on April 6th. Eleven days and another round of rain later, floods returned, along with road closures and detours…