A “horseshoe” of water — off the road, across our homes, and back to the road
Seymour Road collects stormwater in its west ditch. A cross-road culvert then discharges that water — concentrated — onto private property on the east side. It crosses Guy's land, then Mary's at 6463 (her basement sump outlet sits right in the discharge path), then the Ballantyne property at 6385 (front yard, pond, limestone driveway), then the Somers property — where it's pumped back into the road ditch.
The 2026 reconstruction makes it worse: the cross culvert was set lower, the west ditch was never restored, and a west-side driveway culvert was removed — forcing even more water across the road onto our properties. The contractor proposed the fix in written change orders. The Road Commission denied them.
FEMA maps every parcel here Zone X — outside any floodplain. This isn't nature. It's plumbing.
