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Seasonal/Private Road Flooding Issue

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catsinblue

Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Michigan

I have a friend who lives on a seasonal road. He is the only one who lives on that road. It frequently floods and he has spend a lot of time and money on pumps to reduce the water but cannot always get access to his home because of the flooding. He even has to use a boat to get to his home.

Obviously, he will not be able to sell his home due to this problem. I don't believe the township will help him either. What are his options, if any? This does not seem fair to me.

Thanks for your help.
 


FarmerJ

Senior Member
You called the road `seasonal` in my state roads that are like that are posted `Minimum Maintenance Road ` wich can mean the road is only graded once or twice if that a summer. Min maint roads up here where I live often do not see snowplow. Those roads rarely ever see gravel added to build them up. Your friend can learn what it would take to get the twp -county to adopt -regularly maintain part of it. ( this may include paying the cost of adding a culvert under it to help with drainage as well as paying the cost of adding enough gravel and rock ontop of culvert drainage to reduce flooding)
 

nextwife

Senior Member
I live near Lake Michigan, where there are homes that have yard portions which drop down into ravines that empty at lake level. Their access solution is bridges across the low areas. There is a house up the street from me whose driveway crosses the ravine by bridge. If he lives there year round, he may need a more permanent "fix" for the flood out areas, like elevating his road above them, allowing drainage beneath.
 

NC Aggie

Member
Well it doesn't appear likely that he would get any assistance from local government since it is a private road. Depending on the drainage patterns and costs he's willing to incur, there may be a possibility to possibly install a culvert under the roadway.
 

nextwife

Senior Member
Well it doesn't appear likely that he would get any assistance from local government since it is a private road. Depending on the drainage patterns and costs he's willing to incur, there may be a possibility to possibly install a culvert under the roadway.


Or multiple culverts, All the drives in my area pass over a drainage culvert.
 

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