Evans City residents, council address stormwater concerns
EVANS CITY — Residents and borough council members at a council meeting Monday, April 3, addressed concerns over stormwater flooding.
Resident Michele Quinlan said the resurfacing of Route 528 more than five years ago has caused the nearest corner of her property to landslide into her house during heavy rain.
“I have a waterfall that comes the whole way down that corner, into my backyard and into my house, which we just now got fixed,” Quinlan said. “We had to put a wall on the one side of the house and redded up the whole backyard — and put all kinds of French piping and everything in — to keep my house from getting flooded out.”
The repairs have cost a “fortune,” according to Quinlan, and her efforts to address the road’s drainage with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation largely have been ignored.
