Wednesday, June 18, 2025

insane

"The problem centers on a buried French drain system, likely installed in the late 1980s, which has become completely clogged with sediment. The system never piped water off-site, instead relying on gravel cavities to hold runoff until it could filter into the soil. It's a capacity it no longer has."


I'm shocked!!! 

In the late 1980s, no engineer worth his/her salt would have recommended a french drain as a solution for a public drainage system that "...collects water from Fort Street, Massanutten Street, and surrounding elevations". 

Even savvy homeowners in Strasburg in the late 1980s would have known that french drains in Strasburg, with its impermeable native soil and geology, are unsuitable for even small drainage area applications. 

When will the Mayor, town council and town staff learn that repeating the same mistakes over and over again yields the same results?




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