Comments on: Village street flooding goes back and continues

By: Leslie A. Spears

Leslie A. Spears — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:44:02 +0000

That’s a wonderful idea Nancy! I’ll pass it along to the Village city manager Bruce Stone. Bless is heart – he’s always up for hearing a good idea but then there’s the process to go through for the idea and also any costs associated. But doggone it, wouldn’t that be awesome!

By: Nancy Rose

Nancy Rose — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:16:52 +0000

I’m taking a permaculture class online, and some communities are creating “rain gardens”, which in simplistic terms, provides plants & shrubs by the flooding areas, which actually absorb the flooding water. In North Carolina, it reduced one street’s water from rainfall by 80%, and the community now wants more. They eliminated just 4 parking spots on the street.

By: Blogging about the Village floods « Leslie A. Spears

Blogging about the Village floods « Leslie A. Spears — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:29:26 +0000

[...] Village street flooding goes back and continues I live in the Village, Oklahoma. It’s a small municipality located within northwest Oklahoma City around May, Penn, Hefner, Britton. It was raining recently while I was driving down Britton east to Broadway extension. Water was lining up in the streets. I drove right through it. I had no other choice. The water drenched my car to the point where I could not see anything for a few seconds. It was kind of scary but it was only seconds. I was by the infamous drainage ditch by Village Drive, aka: The Village River to locals. It made me wonder, why is the Village prone to street flooding. I went into their history records. It’s a bit storied but not uncommon with new developments – new, as in 1950s new. Picking up in the mid-1950s, here’s a portion from the Village, OK History web page, chapter 13 …. more online. Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. [...]