Drainage issues keep some southeast-side residents trapped in their own homes.
Haynes lives in the 6400 block of Reed Road in southeast Houston. But look how much standing water she has in front of her house."Within the last 3 years it's gotten worse," Haynes said. "I think it's not so much the amount of rainfall but the drainage situation the water is not running off as it should."It doesn't take torrential rain to keep Haynes trapped in her own home.
"When it does happen as you can see, we cannot get out of our driveways we can't go anywhere," said Haynes. "I've got company and my company won't be able to go home this afternoon."The women didn't want to chance flooding out in the street. "If it happens any day of the week, I'm here until the next day not able to get out at all," she said.The apparent drainage issues also impact Haynes' neighbors.
"Every time I call 311, I get a case number Miss Haynes we'll send someone out if they come, they look and say it's taken care of and as you can see it hasn't been taken care of," said Haynes. "I should have to deal with this at all and it affects everybody on the street."
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