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Photo From: Joe Reynolds - Album: OPA Board

Description: Homes all along Granby Road were flooded during the heavy rain on 7/12/2013. This was an exceptional rainfall. While flooding is to be expected in many areas of the Pines during such a rainfall, the Granby Road area is at least one area where the flooding could perhaps be almost eliminated.

In the image above, taken about 24 hours after the rain ended, the lower left is where the water goes under Watertown Road through a pipe that takes it to a direct discharge into Manklin Creek.

The upper center is where water from what looks to be an 18-inch pipe dumps into the small open area before going under Watertown to Manklin Creek.

Here's the problem: The 18-inch pipe dumping into the small open area is now running full, almost 24 hours after the rain stopped. One doesn't need a degree in drainage to know this 18-inch pipe cannot handle any large volume of rain as it is raining when the other end of the 18-inch pipe is fed by a 10-foot or so wide ditch with water flowing from a large area of Ocean Pines, perhaps including some area of the golf course.

Any reasonable person knows you cannot take a 10-foot wide flow of water and expect it to go into an 18-inch pipe. It can't. Result? Extreme flooding for homes along Granby Road.

The flooding could be greatly alleviated by installing larger or additional pipes at the point where the 10-foot ditch is currently funneled into a single small pipe; and similar additional pipes or larger pipe under Manklin Creek Road to the discharge at Manklin Creek.

It's time OPA stopped this almost 100% concentration on rebuilding amenities and put some additional emphasis on the property of association members. I have a feeling many areas of Ocean Pines could see flooding alleviated to some degree by proper maintenance and a little thought.

By the way, a solution at Granby Road does not require buying the Pine Shore Golf property.

Uploaded: 7/13/2013 by Joe Reynolds