Months after flooding, Slippery Rock deals with long-term effects
SLIPERRY ROCK — The flash floods that swept the borough last August brought mother nature’s menace to the doorstep of residents and businesses in a way that borough officials said had never happened before.
The Aug. 5 flash floods trapped motorists in vehicles and compelled council president Jeff Campbell to declare a state of emergency. It also formed a sinkhole on Boller Drive, which remains partly collapsed, in Slippery Rock Community Park.
“Stuff was put on hold to get immediate things reconciled, just immediate problems that we saw,” Christian Laskey, borough manager said. “But there were a lot of long-term goals as well — the biggest one being the Slippery Rock Park entrance. Unfortunately, that took the brunt of the storm damage.”
The damage caused the borough to rethink its plans for the entrance and instead focus on fixing the newly discovered problems there.
