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Eastwick flooding victims head to City Hall
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Eastwick flooding victims head to City Hall
Remember the City Council scuffle this spring over planned development in Eastwick, where more than 100 acres of undeveloped space was set to be divvied up between Korman, which wanted to put in more than 700 apartments, and the Philly airport, which wants to use the land for its impending expansion? That fight returns to Council tomorrow, in the form of hearings over flooding, which is already an annual concern in the neighborhood and which residents fear will only be exacerbated by the addition of more development on land that's been absorbing at least some of the runoff, however insufficiently. Dozens of Eastwick residents and Heinz National Wildlife Refuge supporters are planning to show up tomorrow morning, supported by the Eastwick Friends and Neighbors Coalition, which emerged from opposition to the development.
“The Eastwick community has been ignored for too long,” said Terrance “TJ” Johnson, president of the Eastwick Friends & Neighbors Coalition and lifelong Eastwick resident, in a statement. “It is time our city officials recognize the flooding problems in our neighborhood. We need to work together to come up with a solution that protects our community.
Neighbors have been working with the Philly Water Department to do surveys on just how bad the flooding really is, but no Korman stormwater study or environmental-impact assessment has yet been made public. It's not clear whether Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, in whose district Eastwick lies, is likely to substantially amend the bills he put forward to clear the way for the land transfers. Steve Cobb, legislative aide to Johnson, told CP in September that the Councilman is willing to work with residents, but wasn't sure how far he was willing to go. "We heard the concerns of residents over flooding loud and clear, and we've worked with the Water Department on a number of flood surveys," to try to assess the situation. He said Water Department models and data on the flooding issue would be ready in time for an October hearing on the flooding issue.
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