PORT RICHEY, Fla. — Pasco County has a stormwater pump on Westport Drive in Port Richey, however even with the pump on and a public works crew there, the road in entrance of Marek Miszczyk nonetheless floods. In reality, after simply 10 minutes’ price of rain, the flooding begins.
“What do you think the problem is? The storm pipe is plugged,” Miszczyk mentioned.
Miszczyk added that it will get even worse than this.
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“The water goes into my kitchen. Inside,” mentioned Miszczyk.
Another one that lives there despatched us a video of the flooding at night time, telling us they’ve needed to spend greater than $1,000 to fix their water-damaged automotive.
Donna Hale moved to Port Richey from Seattle final yr and mentioned she’s used to numerous rain however not the flooding.
“If it does rain it gets taken care of and people have small expensive little cars and they get stuck in here. There’s just one way in and one way out,” she mentioned.
We checked with Pasco County and so they informed ABC Action News public works is conscious of the stormwater drain subject. They mentioned a pump has been positioned within the space to mitigate flooding till the storm drain will be fastened.
Residents mentioned they want to see that permanent fix quickly.
“They need to take care of the drains. Take care of this neighborhood,” mentioned Hale.