Drain plan aimed at addressing flooding concerns in Coloma Charter Township
-
2:28
Public forum hosted by John Glenn High School students
-
3:34
Kickoff preview with ABC57’s Allison Hayes
-
0:57
Completion of Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Center one step closer
-
0:36
Niles High School students network with local professionals
-
3:59
Political group asks Indiana Democrats to vote in Republican...
-
3:01
New Buffalo Area Schools to build workforce housing
-
2:37
City seeks feedback for final Potawatomi Park plan
-
7:27
Center for the Homeless hosting Dancing With Our Stars
-
2:10
More wet weather arriving later tonight, but sunnier skies after
-
3:16
Public input on the proposal to restart the Palisades Nuclear...
-
1:35
Dari Fair opened Wednesday for 2024 season, temperatures cool...
-
1:22
Another round of rain, then a cool weekend
COLOMA TOWNSHIP, Mich – The Berrien County Drain Commissioner Christopher Quattrin created a plan to fix flooding concerns in a neighborhood in Coloma Charter Township.
The plan is called the “Kelly drain extension” which is a plan to add approximately 900ft to an existing drain to avoid flooding that’s occurring near Rosemary Drive.
“One property up on the corner there when it rains it’s like the house is an island,” Quattrin said.
The flooding ranges from small ponding on some properties to flooding that covers entire properties and seeps into some basements.
The cause of the flooding are the high water levels at the Paw Paw Lake and the rainy wet weather the County has seen recently.
Quattrin said he’s seeing support for the plan from neighbors who have been affected by the flooding.
If the legal and legislative hurdles are cleared for the approximately $200-thousand project construction on the drain extension is expected to begin in the fall with a targeted completion date of early 2020.