AVON-BY-THE-SEA — The Avon Commissioners heard complaints from residents about flooding and standing water in the newly installed storm drains on Sylvania Ave.
The new storm drains were recently put in to try and alleviate previous flooding issues.
“Our lane is one of the worst lanes and this is long overdue,” said Avon resident Margaret Brolly Lefebvre. “Between the water, the patchwork, the unevenness, the not draining, the list goes on and on. Everyone else looks like they were paved in a decent and timely fashion and ours has been chopped up multiple times and hasn’t been properly grated.”
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Borough Engineer Ray Savacool spoke to Mayor Ed Bonanno along with residents in the audience and discussed many options to solve the issue, both long and short term. One issue that was brought up at a previous meeting was the standing water becoming a breeding ground for mosquitoes. One short term solution to this was the dropping of ‘Mosquito Dunks’ into the sewer which is a biological mosquito control which contains a natural larvicide which kills mosquito larvae.
Another short term solution given by Mr. Savacool was placing gravel in the drains to create a barrier between the standing water and the drain entrance.
The residents also asked about long term solutions to the issue, considering the drains were placed in order to fix existing problems and not create new ones. Two of the long term solutions included putting in new and supplemental drains or looking into replacing the whole lane and creating a high point to help the drainage.
“I contacted the mosquito control commission and I am discussing with them a couple of options for what we might want to do from here,” said Mr. Savacool. “We looked at trying to extend the drains either way. But there is no drain for them to connect into…other than that, would be the whole reconstruction of the lane…Because the garage locations and elevations are so irregular we would have to make sure that wouldn’t have an impact on surrounding homes.”
Mayor Bonanno decided that the issues would be looked into and a permanent solution would be available at the next meeting.
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