One company claims the recent construction of the Brightline railroad has made things worse for them. Steve Scott’s roofing business, Advance Roof Technology, is located right next to the new Brightline railway tracks that run through Melbourne. His lot has been flooded for the 10 years he’s been there. location. “This is a problem that happened once during a hurricane. Now every time we have an afternoon storm, we’re having this problem. But it was worse last Saturday,” Scott said. He said the problem is the retaining wall and smaller drainage pipes were installed when the Brightline tracks were laid. On Saturday, at its peak, the water in the grounds was knee-deep. The flow was so strong that the container was washed away from a business on the street. He spoke to Brightline. in the early stages of construction, raising concerns about changes in water flow. “The last six months have been absolutely fantastic in telling us what’s going on,” he said. Brightline issued WESH 2 News this statement about the recent flooding, mentioning Melbourne. Mayor Paul Alfrey: “We are looking into the concern raised by Mayor Alfrey and have teams on site assessing the situation.” In response to this, the mayor told WESH that he hopes Brightline will rectify the flooding situation it has caused directly affecting residents and businesses in that immediate area. Scott said there was an engineer on the tracks yesterday. He hopes the recent attention will prompt a response. “If I was still making phone calls and trying to send emails, I don’t think they would do anything,” Scott said.
One company claims the recent construction of the Brightline railroad has made things worse for them.
Steve Scott’s roofing business, Advance Roof Technology, is located right next to the new Brightline railway tracks that run through Melbourne.
His lot has flooded in the 10 years he’s been in this place.
“This is a problem that happened once during a hurricane. Now every time we have an afternoon storm, we’re having this problem. But it was worse last Saturday,” Scott said.
He said the problem is the retaining wall and smaller drainage pipes installed when the Brightline tracks were laid.
At its peak on Saturday, the water in the grounds was knee-high. The flow was so strong that the container was washed away from a business down the street.
He spoke with Brightline in the early stages of construction, and raised concerns about water flow changes.
“The last six months have been absolutely fantastic in telling us what’s going on,” he said.
Brightline issued WESH 2 News this statement about the recent flooding, citing Melbourne Mayor Paul Alfrey: “We are looking into the concern raised by Mayor Alfrey and have teams on site assessing the situation.”
In response, the mayor told WESH that he expects Brightline to rectify the flooding situation that directly affects residents and businesses in that immediate area.
Scott said there was an engineer on the tracks yesterday. He hopes the recent attention will prompt a response.
“If I was still making phone calls and trying to send emails, I don’t think they would do anything,” Scott said.
