Some neighbors on Boston Avenue in Chesapeake are frustrated with a drainage ditch they say causes flooding, bad smells, and bugs.
Chesapeake neighbor Ryan Ansell reached out to News 3 with concerns about the drainage ditch in his and other neighbors front yards. Ansell and his neighbors said the ditch gets flooded whenever it rains. He said when the ditch is full of standing water, it causes a bad smell, bugs, and a potential safety hazard for kids and pets in the neighborhood.
“The problem is that the ditches are not being kept up. They’re not being cleaned. And I reached out to the city several times. I want them to come out here and get all these leaves out of my ditch, and all down here. And that’s what’s clogging up the water. And this tree right here is the main problem,” Ansell said…