With flooding persistent, PennDOT reminds property owners most storm drains are their responsibility Many owners don't know the deeds loosely spell out that drains are part of property Share Updated: 6:12 PM EDT Jul 20, 2021 Many owners don't know the deeds loosely spell out that drains are part of property Share Updated: 6:12 PM EDT Jul 20, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript WITH AN ANSWER TONIGHT FROM PENNDOT. DAD:VI GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. THE ROAD IS FLOODED ABOUT A HALF DOZEN TIMES THUS FAR IN 20.21 THE PROPERTY OWNERS, PENNDOT AND SHALER TOWNSHIP ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT MAKING A FIX HERE AFTER A GROUP LOOKED AT THE PIPE UNDERNEATH WHERE I AM STANDING RIGHT NOW AND KNOWS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO MAKE THE F.IX HOWEVER, HEER SPECIFICALLY IT IS UP TO THE PROPERTY OWNER TO MAKE ETH FIXES. IT’S NOT A PROBLEM UNIQUE HERE. PENNDOT SAYS THERE IS OFTEN FLOODING AND THEN CONFUSION ABOUT WHO IS RESPONSIBILITY IT IS TO CLEAN IT UP. >> IT’S BEEN GOING AND GOING AND GOING. DAD:VIHI TS SINKHOLE FIRST EMERGED AROUND 15 YEARS AGO. KIMBERLY SAYS THIS USED TO BE HER DRIWAVEY. NOW IT’S SO BIG, MULTIPLE CARS COULD FIX IT -- TO FIT INSIDE. >> EVERYBODY DRIVES BY AND SAYS JUST FIX IT. THAT IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE. DAVID: WHY? BECAUSE MAKING THIS FIX IS HER RESPONSIBILITY. >> THIS WOULD COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. WE’RE JTUS NORMAL MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE. WE DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY. PWE ALSO HAVE HLTEAH ISSUES. SO, IT’S RIDICULOUS. >> THESE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE FIXES FOR THESE PROPERTY OWNERS. DAVID: THE PENNDOT DISTRICT MANAGER SAYSHES KNOWS THAT THESE SITUATIONS ARE BURDENS ON PROPERTY OWNERS BY GENERALLY IF A STORM PIPE RUNS UNDER YOUR PROPERTY, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. >> PENNDOT CANNOT FIX. IT IS NO FFDIERENT THAN FIXING YOUR DRIVEWAY. THE DRIVEWAY STARTSO T FAIL, IT’S THE PROPERTY OWNERS BUSINESS TO FIX IT. DAVID: IT IS AN OBLIGATION THAT IS IN PROPERTY DEEDS BUT NOT CLEARLY SPELLED OUT AT TIMES. MBKIERLY HAS PORED OVER HER DEED BUT DID NOT KNOW THE ISSUE WITH THAT BECAUSE THE SINKHOLE WAS HER PROBLEM. >> I THINK IT SHOULD BE MORE FORTHCOMING INHE T DEEDS. DAVID: THIS SHILENG -- SINKHOLE, EXAMPLES OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT FOUND OUT THE PIPES UNDERNEATH THROUGH THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. THEES FLOODING ISSUES WILL RESULT OF POOR PLANNING HISTORICALLY AS AREAS WERE BEING DEVELOPED, AS WELL AS PIPES THAT ARE STARTING TO SHOW THEIR AGE. >> NOWADAYS WE DO HAVE A VERY STRICT HIGHWAY OFFENSIVE PERMIT - PERMIT PROCESS WHERE WE REVIEW IT AND STORM WERAT MANAGEMENT CONTROL ARE IN PLACE BEFORE ANYBODY PLAYS ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IN. THAT DID NOT EXIST BEFORE. DAVID: Y,ES THE BIGGEST TIP FROM PENNDOT IS TO REALLY KEEP AN EYE ONHE T PIPES THAT MAY GO UNDERNEATH YOUR PROPERTY. WE ARE TOLD TTHA AS FOR THAT O’HA SRAINKHOLE, THERE IS IA FIX I