Oakland County Road Commission Doesn’t Seem to Care about White Lake Storm Drains

Oakland County Road Commission update: Someone from the Oakland County Road Commission came around to take pictures and analyze the area soon after my last press release back in March. When I went out to speak to him, he said they were responding to a request from the County Commissioner to check the problem out.

I’m not sure if he was just there to “tell me what I want to hear,” or if he really cares. He seemed nice enough, but that is a “public relations” expert’s job. He returned a couple days later to give me a drawing, indicating water levels in the area.

At first, it looked like we might get some positive results. His recommendation was going to be to install what he called a “closed ditch system.” He said they would try to get the funding for the project from FEMA.

A couple weeks later, the same man came back to take more pictures and to inform me that FEMA would not fund the project. When I asked what the next step was, he said he was going to recommend that the existing system be repaired.

It appears the Oakland County Road Commission just doesn’t care about inferior storm drains unless they are actually causing a problem with the roads. It’s been over a month and I still haven’t seen anything get done. I understand these things can take time, but I’ve been talking to the Oakland County Road Commission since the Fall of 2008.

Thankfully, it’s been dry lately, but the water is not drying up. The catch basin seems to have sunk deeper into the ground because of the excessive saturation. Next time it rains, the ditch will fill up and the water will flood my front yard again. I wish it would do some serious damage to the street so it could be fixed!

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