New Jersey Real Estate Digest: Princeton Area Floods Now Too

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Princeton Area Floods Now Too

Okay, the Trenton area has been experiencing increased flooding for years. Now Princeton residents had joined its neighboring municipality in flooding woes. Princeton Township residents near the Harry’s Brook stream have experienced an increase in area flooding in recent years.

"There were floodings, but ... we didn't keep track of that because it wasn't happening" that often, said Olivia Applegate, a Harry’s Brook area resident.

Harry’s Brook has experience 10 or 11 major floods in the last three years she said.
The township enacted and ordinance last year that required single-family homeowners to have drainage management in any plan that required resurfacing their property. Residents making lateral expansion of their homes or adding driveways have to manage storm water runoff. The action of requiring single family homeowners to take such measures was unheard-of and prehaps even unprecedented in any of the other municipalities. Still requiring homeowners as well as builders to manage storm water runoff is very good. Do the enacting of water management ordinances mean that Princeton homeowners will have to start thinking regionally? Hmmm...
Source: Times of Trenton