Drainage problem fixed - at least I hope

Sometime around the summer of 2009, when we were having all of those crazy thunderstorms, Shelly and I noticed a new creek running down our driveway. At first we didn't pay it much attention. After a few other heavy thunderstorms hit, we started paying a lot of attention to these rip rapids flowing all throughout our yard. It was pretty darn clear that the water was not flowing in the drain ditch like it should.

It really started pissing us off because the water was not even close to flowing in the drain ditch correctly. So long story short here... after we noticed the driveway rock being carried away and flowing water coming out our garage, the wife decided enough was enough. Something had to be done. 

She called the town of Indian Trail and told them our situation. Before you know it, one of the town engineers was out looking at out situation. The first thing he said was, "if it is coming off a public street, it's the town's problem, if it's anything else, it's your problem". After a quick walk behind my neighbors house, he saw that it was indeed the towns problem.

Whew! That was a weight lifted off our shoulders because this was not gonna be an easy fix. This was only phase one! If I remember correctly, the initial start date for our drainage problem to be fixed was around March of 2010. 

For the next 2 years, we watched our driveway get washed away by heavy thunderstorms because the stupid ditch wasn't fixed. We sent email after email following up to see what the hold-up was. At this point, our tempers were right on the edge with this mess. 

We really had to keep it in check because you'll never get anywhere if you start giving people an attitude. Finally, we were able to get a few different names of some people that might have a little more punch to get things going. I swear man... I was nearly about to blow my lid. When you get told over and over that something is gonna happen in a certain timeframe and then it never does... it sorta starts getting to ya a bit. Only because it was causing destruction to our property.

On top of that, we noticed the town working 24/7 on a new park just down the road. So tell me your opinion. What if storm water was going through your garage and throughout your property causing issues! Which would you think would be more important to fix first? A park close to town or your very own yard?

After a few phone calls with our new contacts, a new date was set up to fix our drainage situation. Low and behold, crews begin to show up and start working! After 2 weeks of work, the problem was all fixed up.

Good grief... I'm glad that's over. That was a long battle but thanks to my wife's persistent calling and her pit bull way of not giving up... it's all over now!