(Click on the image for the Nov 22, 2019 briefing)
(Click on the image for the Nov 22, 2019 briefing)
Country Drainage Retrofit Has Silenced Sump Pumps in Horizon Estates
- Residents wish adequate drainage was installed before their homes were built.
- Homes were built over underground streams and surface water from higher ground added to the flooding.
- For "New Homes", see HB 219 (2019) - Prince George’s County – New Homes – Drainage Defects and its Fiscal and Policy Note. This bill, signed into law by Gov. Hogan, takes effect October 1, 2020.
- A meeting with Councilman Sydney Sydney Harrison, DPIE, DoE and DPW&T is scheduled for Friday, November 22, 2019, 7pm at the District VIi Police Station, to discuss drainage issues in Southern Prince George's County.
- The communities that initiated this event are compiling a list of drainage issues to be provided in advance to county government reps. The list has columns for address, name/email/phone, problem, and current status (what's been done so far. I would include 311 service request number). Given in advance, this information will help get you a response at the meeting. If you want your problem addressed at the meeting, you can send this information to me at weissster@gmai.com. Ron
- The following post has a link to a sound clip by Angela Alsobrooks on Healthy Communities that speaks to flooding issues in south county. You should hear what she says.
County Agencies and Representatives Who Attended the Nov
22 Meeting:
Prince George’s County Department of the Environment (DoE)
1801 McCormick Drive, Suite 500, Largo, Maryland 20774
Moses Fadiran, Section Head of
Sustainable Initiatives Division (301) 833-5768 mfadiran@co.pg.md.us
Mr. Alfred Dasi is the DOE point of contact on County drainage, and flooding issues. His phone number is 301-883-3312 and his email is atdasi@co.pg.md.us
Dawn
Hawkins dhnixon@co.pg.md.us
Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE)
9400 Peppercorn Court, Largo, Maryland 20774
Rey de
Guzman rsdeguzman@co.pg.md.us
Denny Brittingham dtbrittingham@co.pg.md.us 240-508-9619
Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and
Transportation (DPW&T)
8400 D’Arcy Road, Forestville, Maryland 20747
Gwendolyn Clerkly, Deputy Director,
gtclerkley@co.pg.md.us
Vernon L. Stinnett, Jr., Associate
Director, Office of Highway Maintenance vlstinnett@co.pg.md.us Office (301)
499-8523, Cell (301) 602-1292, Fax (301) 499-8525
Michael Snyder, Chief, Storm Drain
Maintenance Division masnyder@co.pg.md.us 301-499-8556