JONES, Okla. (KFOR) – Residents in a single Jones neighborhood say when it rains, they get flooded with soiled water.
Kendal Small says he is a disabled veteran and has lived in his house since 2017 along with his spouse and two younger youngsters.
“This was purported to be our perpetually home, the place we raised our youngsters,” he stated.
However that perpetually house has been stricken by a flooding subject.
“It is like a jail, we’re caught right here for certain,” he stated.
Small says when it rains, it meals with water with sewage in it, making it uninhabitable.
“I can not let our youngsters out to play, they can not take showers, cannot do laundry, cannot do dishes. Then each time the flooding does go down, we get left with standing water throughout the road there, and that causes mosquitos,” he stated.
Neighbors on his avenue are additionally affected.
“It is scary. I feel each time every thing’s going to get ruined in my store. I’ve already misplaced a number of items of kit,” Ken Guthery stated.
Small says he is been asking town for assist.
Jones Mayor Ray Poland despatched KFOR the next assertion:
“I’m conscious of the “Stormwater” runoff points on Hart Ln. I contacted our engineer a number of weeks in the past after Mr. Small first contacted me, our engineer is at present making an attempt to contact the engineer from Oklahoma County to suggest an appropriate decision. The Jones Board of Trustees listened to Mr. Small’s considerations on the July sixth Trustee assembly and knowledgeable him that we perceive his considerations and are engaged on the difficulty. There are a lot of places in Jones which are affected equally and we’re working to handle all of them. This can take time and require funding that we at present would not have, due to this fact we should depend on Oklahoma County for help. In previous years Jones and Oklahoma County have labored collectively and elevated the dimensions of the culverts underneath Hart Ln. This can be very tough to channel water after we recover from 12″ of rain in a 6/7 day interval.”
RAY POLAND, JONES MAYOR
“I am undecided how lengthy they must be working it, however we wish some type of decision,” Small stated.
Small additionally says he is needed to spend his personal cash on repairs due to the flooding.
