How about all of this, and more?
Is it too much when it goes over the road?
Is it too much when Farmers feilds turn into lakes?
Do you think its time to change those 2 culverts to one BIG one?
Showing posts with label Drainage Superintendent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drainage Superintendent. Show all posts
Friday, June 10, 2016
How much is too much water?
How much water can you send threw only two culverts? Can you send all this?
How about all of this, and more?
Is it too much when it goes over the road?
Is it too much when Farmers feilds turn into lakes?
Do you think its time to change those 2 culverts to one BIG one?
How about all of this, and more?
Is it too much when it goes over the road?
Is it too much when Farmers feilds turn into lakes?
Do you think its time to change those 2 culverts to one BIG one?
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Drain cleaned out
The VanBuuren Drain has been cleaned out. Pictures to follow.
Thanks to the Drainage superintendant for making this happen.
I still wonder about the 2 undersized culverts. Not seeing them replaced with 1 big one.
Not seeing the shared farmers ditch cleaned out.
(the one that will keep on flooding and holding stagnant water, the one that the township has hooked up a municipal drain into). Hope it doesn't rain too much.
At least the drain has been cleaned out, good news.
All in all, alot of progress has been made these past 2 years.
It took 13 years to get the front roadside ditches working, and 15 years for the drain to get a clean out.
Progress.
Thanks to the Drainage superintendant for making this happen.
I still wonder about the 2 undersized culverts. Not seeing them replaced with 1 big one.
Not seeing the shared farmers ditch cleaned out.
(the one that will keep on flooding and holding stagnant water, the one that the township has hooked up a municipal drain into). Hope it doesn't rain too much.
At least the drain has been cleaned out, good news.
All in all, alot of progress has been made these past 2 years.
It took 13 years to get the front roadside ditches working, and 15 years for the drain to get a clean out.
Progress.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Van Buuren Municipal Drain Project 2015
The project is
scheduled to begin October 26, 2015 and last for 20 working days.
All landowners that
own lands within the watershed boundary of this Municipal Drain can
expect a bill for the maintenance.
Total to all lands
is $63,085.00
With that price tag
lets hope that the maintenance can be done this year as promised,
and that the 2 undersized culverts finally get replaced.
Not seeing anything
happen yet.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Van Buuren Drain construction improvements 2015
Drainage
Superintendent takes action
According to the
drainage Superintendent – he contacted Grimsby officials and they
are working together to resolve the flooding.
Council approved the
following budget amendments:
a transfer of
$24,110 from the Capital Reserve to finance the Township’s portion
of the Van Buuren Drain
construction improvement:
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VanBuuren Drain – log of events 2014
October,
14, 2014.
Attention:
xxxxx, Drainage Superintendent
RE:
Regional Road 73 (Mud St.) Culvert – VanBuuren Drain – Flooding
Dear
Mr. x:
The
following is my log of events regarding your involvement with the
flooding problem to date.
On
May 13, 2014 when the last flooding waters filled my boots I called
and spoke to you on the phone. You said that you “will send someone
out”.
Left
on our answering machine was a message from xxx - Manager of road
operations.
He
said: “We know there’s a problem with the VanBuuren Drain”, and
he has “fired off the report to the drainage superintendent to
review”.
August
31, 2014 you were copied an email to xxx from the Niagara Region. In
the email it stated: “Please respond to my emails regarding the
repair and maintenance you are responsible for”.
September
1, 2014 you responded to my email saying that you cannot determine
what the issue is and “a website fabricated from speculation hardly
proves to be sound engineering analysis”.
September
2, 2014 I called and faxed you a letter spelling out the flooding
issues and providing a link to the Grimsby Floods West Lincoln Blog
at: http://grimsbyfloodswestlincoln.blogspot.ca/
September
5, 2014 you sent me an email: “kindly have my name removed or I
will sue for damages for Public Defamation.”
September
5, 2014 I sent you an email indicating that I removed your name “as
requested by your threat of lawsuit.”, and explained that my
comments are “fair comments”, “not malicious”, and “based
on fact”.
September
5, 2014 I sent you and email with the above phone message from xxx as
an email attachment stating: “We know there’s a problem with the
VanBuuren Drain” ,and he has “fired off the report to the
drainage superintendent to review”.
September
5, 2014 you sent me an email that said: “I have to reschedule”,
“How is Tuesday afternoon?”
September
5, 2014 I replied to you by email to “confirm reschedule” for
Sept 9 as requested. The email also said: “If you cannot make it
please call me”, and “I waited 2 1/2 hours and left 2 phone
messages without a courtesy call from you” because you did not show
up for our last meeting.
September
9, 2014 I sent you an email: “Please confirm your on-site
appointment for 1pm today.”
September
9, 2014 you responded and confirmed the appointment.
September
9, 2014 you had a brief on site meeting with us at our home.
The
following are some of the issues that were discussed with you:
1-The
main issue is the culvert under Mud St Regional Rd 73 – “needs to
be bigger”.
2-
The VanBuuren Drain Extension “A” “landfill was used by the
township to block” the VanBuuren Drain - “remove the fill that
the Township put in”.
3-
“Re-open the roadside ditch” at the corner of our street and
redirect the water back to it.
4-
“Maintain the VanBuuren Drain.”
5-
Our neighbour “filling in our ditch with debris”.
Ministry
of the environment xxx was contacted. He visited the area and has
instructed our neighbour to remove the debris by October 26, 2014.
6-
The problems with the VanBuuren Drain “culvert alongside the
airport”. Sources of late say - “there are two culverts put
together to make one for the farmer”. “The middle has collapsed”.
The
above meeting was cut short because as you know we had a previous
engagement, and you were 20 minutes late. We would still like to
finish our conversation with you now that you have seen the area when
it's dry, and know what the issues are; it would be beneficial for
you to view it when it’s flooded. We will be in contact to
reconvene with you during the next flood.
September
24, 2014 I sent you an email: “Looking forward to hearing from you
in regards to your on site visit to our home.” and I asked “Have
you have taken any action to resolve the flooding issues?”
September
24, 2014 you responded back in an email: “I apologized for not
getting back to you sooner.”, “I spoke to xxx from Grimsby and he
said they are cleaning the culvert out this year and a full clean out
next year.”
September
29, 2014 you sent me an email: “You may have noticed that Grimsby
Public Works has cleaned culvert by the Airport; we will be looking
to do a full clean out of the VanBuuren Drain in 2015 (West Lincoln
and Grimsby).”
We
have not as been able to confirm that anything has been “cleaned”
out in the “culvert by the airport”. For us to “have noticed”
we would need to trespass on private property.
Your
recent emails are good news and we thank you for them, but could you
be more specific?
What
is a “clean out”, what is “full clean out” and what is
“looking to do a full clean out”?
Will
you be addressing all the issues that were discussed, including the
main issue of the undersized culverts?
When
engineers design new Development they must account for the added
water that flows to a Municipal Drain (VanBuuren drain). We are
currently investigating the recent Michael St. Development holding
pond. How much water is being added to the new VanBuuren Drain
Extension “A” from this Development?
We
maintain that the culverts are too small to address the waterway as
can be clearly seen in the pictures and videos:
http://grimsbyfloodswestlincoln.blogspot.ca/
For
your viewing I have put the 2014 flooding pictures up at:
Or
you can use http://goo.gl/wRKlis
to get there.
This
is an urgent matter that needs to be resolved soon. I have been
instructed that their maybe legal issues with our ditch that the West
Lincoln Township has hooked up a Municipal Drain into, and backs up
into yards and buildings. Though helpful unfortunately “looking to
do a full clean out” next year could be too little, too late.
To
be clear, this letter serves to instruct you that the legal issues
are now with you - as you have been informed of the flooding issues
that you are responsible for.
We
hope that you will work with us to resolve the flooding. Looking
forward to hearing from you as soon as possible in this regard. Thank
you.
Sincerely,
Mr.
x
Administrator,
Grimsby
Floods West Lincoln
Cc:
undisclosed.
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
Drainage Superintendent Contacted
September
2, 2014
RE:
Regional Road 73 (Mud St.) Culvert – VanBuuren Drain – Flooding
Dear
Mr. xxxx:
Thank
you for responding to my email of August 31, 2014 regarding the
repair and maintenance you are responsible for. As I mentioned in my
email Municipalities that fail to carry out drain repairs can be held
liable. I appreciate you cooperation, however the tone that you have
set in your response is quite offensive.
According
to your comments you still don’t understand “what the issue is”
and everything is “fabricated from speculation” Nothing is
fabricated. What do you not understand, the flooding pictures, the
flooding videos? Do you not understand the urgency and severity of
this situation?
Are
you claiming that you do have a report that was sent to you by xxxx
xxxx 905-xxx-xxx Ext: xxx the Manager of Road Operations Water &
Wastewater at West Lincoln Months ago?
I
will be happy to share Mr. xxxx voice message that he left on our
answering machine states:
“We
know there’s a problem with the VanBuuren Drain” ,and he has
“fired off the report to the drainage superintendent to review”.
Why
isn’t something being done about the flooding if you already know?
As
you know we have been trying for some time now without success to
resolve the flooding caused by the Regional Road 73 (Mud St.) culvert
obstructing the VanBuuren Municipal Drain.
The
constantly flooding of many acres of land in our area has been caused
in part by the new VanBuuren Municipal Drain “A” extension that
becomes overwhelmed by water regularly.
Our
little community of flooded yards, basements, buildings, driveways
every year is damaging our relationships with our neighbours. The
floods here have everyone wondering were the water should go and why
it didn't just go down the roadside ditches rather than threw our
yards.
Why
is this township putting all this water in our yards and denying
there is a serious flooding problem? The township could have simply
opened the road side ditches that the former owner of the land filled
in -at the corner of South Grimsby Rd 12, and some of this water
would have gone down alongside the road -like the rest of the
province of Ontario’s water does. Rather than threw our land
causing destruction, chaos and a community at odds. We enquire as to
why there is a water path allowed to be illegally blocked as a water
course alongside South Grimsby Rd 12 that diverts the water to our
ditch. How is it that the previous owner of the land was allowed to
fill in the roadside ditch?
The
flooding of our lands has caused legal issues. The Township is using
our land, our ditch, our pond, as an over flow for the waterways.
Because
our neighbour did not agree to have hundreds of feet of cement
culverts run threw the middle of their yard the township had the
police stay out here for a week to have the VanBuuren Municipal Drain
“A” extension put threw. Everyone one effected by this extension
agrees this water should have gone down the roadside ditch rather
than threw yards.
The
new VanBuuren Municipal Drain “A” extension empty s into our
ditch (that was dug by a farmer back in the day). Why would you hook
up a municipal drain to our ditch without maintenance, our
permission, or consultation? As you know Ditches go into a municipal
drain, not the other way around.
So
far in this flooding conflict buildings were burned, threats were
made. This water war that was purposely created in part by xxxx xxxx
former Drainage Superintendent still rages on today.
In
turn neighbours continue to bring in hundreds and hundreds of loads
of fill that continue to arrive, diverting water here and there upon
their neighbours land. This process has gone on for 14 years that we
know of, and has melted down to whoever has the lowest land gets
flooded.
The
township continues to allow new development in this area, building
large country homes on lots that disperse many acres of water. These
new developments have then brought in hundreds and hundreds of loads
of unsupervised landfill, again increasing the disbursement of water
going into our unmentioned, unmaintained, inadequate, natural
waterway and backing up into our ditch that is joined to the
VanBuuren Municipal Drain.
The
township has land filled the downstream property with the excavation
fill from the VanBuuren Drain Extension ‘A”. This was a very
shady act committed against the adjacent land owners.
I
feel it may have been done for some payback to the above mentioned
land owner. Now when the water backs up -because the Mud St. Culvert
is too small, the river of water goes around the landfill that the
township has put there and comes our way at an alarming rate. Simply
put - the township has caused our lands to flood, they need to come
back and fix the problem either by taking the fill back out that they
put in, or making sure the waterways are working.
As
you can clearly see in the videos and pictures there are many flooded
acres of land. It maybe hard to understand just how bad the flooding
gets until you come and see the land when it’s not flooded. On the
Grimsby Floods West Lincoln site below you will also find pictures of
the culverts banks of the Mud St. road that have been caved in and
the road is splitting where the VanBuuren Drain crosses.
xxxx
xxxx Public Works Supervisor Road Operations says that he is
responsible for the culvert at Regional Road 73 (Mud St.). He said in
an email referring to the culvert in question: “I replaced it last
fall”. As you can clearly see in the pictures posted on the site
below there are no signs of repair or replacement at the location. He
now has not responded to anymore emails since I called him on his
deception. There are videos of the culvert running at max flow rate
that were sent to xxxx xxxx Drainage Superintendent years ago. And
even more recent videos and pictures can be found at the Grimsby
Floods West Lincoln website included herein for your viewing:
We
require you to respond to this facsimile and let us know what is
going to happen when we maintain and widen our ditch that the
township has joined a municipal drain up to without our permission?
Neighbours
that have been taking the brunt of the flooding (basement with more
that 4 feet of water) are quite concerned that the municipal drain
extension will actually bring the VanBuuren Drain to them threw our
ditch, and even over Regional Road 73. They have been filling in the
ditch with what ever debris they have, and he says that he is going
to bring in 300 loads of fill. This will undoubtedly bring the water
out onto South Grimsby Rd xx again, and effect more properties on
both side of the road, again, proving again, just how bad an idea it
was to put a municipal drain into an unmaintained ditch in a field
rather than go down the road side like everywhere else.
We
have been slow to react to this fiasco and have allowed our pond to
be used as a runoff, backing up into our buildings, killing wildlife,
destroying, and flooding out most of our land regularly. I’m sure
you would get pissed off if it was your property that was underwater.
Until
the township can resolve the flooding I kindly request the township
help relieve some of the flooding by diverting the new VanBuuren
Municiple Drain Extention “A” water back to the roadside ditches
and out of our lands, buildings, driveways, and homes.
I
kindly ask that you take this enquiry seriously and give it the
attention it deserves. No-one is trying to “fabricate” anything.
We just want the flooding to stop. The flooding can be resolved with
simple maintenance and a bigger culvert. We welcome your help in
resolving this issue as soon as possible.
Looking
forward to hearing from you in this regard. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mr.
xxxx xxxx
xxxxx
xxxx
xxxxx
xxxx
Administrator,
Grimsby
Floods West Lincoln
http://grimsbyfloodswestlincoln.blogspot.ca
Cc:
undisclosed
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Flooding continues as road culvert backs up VanBuuren Drain
There is a overwhelming amount of water that forms into lakes and makes its way to the culvert located under regional road 73 (Mud St.).
These lakes can't get threw the undersize culvert quick enough and backs up into our yards.
http://photobucket.com/vanbuurendrain
The Supervisor of Road Operations, admits that he is responsible for the culvert, but fails to acknowledge that there is any problem. He says "I replaced it last fall", referring to the culvert.
The following pictures were taken of the road on top of the culvert March 15, 2014, and again on May 13, 2014. There is no evidence that the road was dug up to replace the culvert.
These lakes can't get threw the undersize culvert quick enough and backs up into our yards.
http://photobucket.com/vanbuurendrain
The Supervisor of Road Operations, admits that he is responsible for the culvert, but fails to acknowledge that there is any problem. He says "I replaced it last fall", referring to the culvert.
The following pictures were taken of the road on top of the culvert March 15, 2014, and again on May 13, 2014. There is no evidence that the road was dug up to replace the culvert.
Grimsby and West Lincoln officials have been contacted on many occasions regarding the flooding.
On May 13, 2014 a report was made to West Lincoln Public Works and the link to this blog was given to them regarding the flooding. I was transferred to the Drainage Superintendent. He said that he will send someone out.
An official did call from West Lincoln and left a message saying
“We
know there’s a problem with the VanBuuren Drain”
,and he has “fired off the report to the drainage
superintendent to review”.
Niagara Region's Road Operations Manager was also contacted on July 7, 2014 about the flooding.
He has not responded to date.
Admin,
Grimsby Floods West Lincoln
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