Has anyone taken a good look at the creek on 7A lately? It is cluttered with fallen trees and debris.
Our home as well as several others on the Main Street has suffered flooding from the stream. I have asked the town board for help but am continually told that clean up of the stream is not allowed by DEC. While I brought this up at a town meeting, Reginald Crowley stated that the DEC would not permit cleanup. However that was contradicted by other members of the board. Why hasn't the Copake town board ever applied for a a permit with DEC to clean up the stream to prevent flooding of our homes?
I feel that since it only affects a few homes it is not seen as important to the town.
I have contacted William Nechamen, Chief Flood Plain Management NY State Dept of Enviromental Conservation and was told that clean up was possible if done correctly. But without a request for a permit nothing is being done.
We should not have to worry each time we get a heavy rain.
I wonder if the members of the town board or their families lived on Main Street if this problem would be resolved.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Williams
Copake NY
This has been a problem for many years and in the recent floods there was very heavy damage to those Main St homes. I live on Empire and recently the creek rose to almost reach the east side of our road. Seems someone would wake up and realize that we have a problem brewing when we get a heavy rain!
ReplyDeleteOn another note, it would also be great to have our Dept. of Public Works (Highway Dept) repair the sidewalks that were installed in recent years and begin the process of repairing those sidewalks that were not repaired at all; those on Empire Road. It will only take one fall off the Main St sidewalk and a good lawsuit to get the ball rolling.