After years of talking to VDOT, one outfall to Winter Harbor is finally clean and open. Take a ride by the intersection on the south side of Bethel Beach Road at Ridgefield Road and you can see the change for yourself. Alfred Harris, who has frequently attended Board of Supervisors' meetings as a VDOT liaison, is supervising the work and is doing a fine job.
Over the years, VDOT's lost much of the general knowledge of the community and understanding of how the VDOT roadside ditches should be maintained. It's about time that we see some positive action to recover that lost knowledge and put it to work. The extra effort Mr. Harris and his crew have put into this project really shows and I want to thank them for it.
There's a lot more maintenance to do that's been put off for too many years, but it's encouraging to see something happening. The crew's started work on a second ditch off Bethel Beach Road, and when that's done, we should see some real improvement in the roadside drainage in Onemo.
G.C. Morrow
G.C. Morrow
They are doing a good job cleaning up on Bethel Beach Rd-- but they said it will not be able to go all the way to the creek due to the machine may get stuck and not be able to get out
ReplyDeleteJerry, mechanical cleaning is restricted by many variables. The ditches involved are remarkably clean below the fall line[marshland or wetland starting point]USEPA has directed us on proper method and design should any outfalls suffer damage,failure,or inadequate performance. gc
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