"meirman" wrote in message
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My neighborhood of 100 townhouses has 2 entrances and one goes by a
large parking lot. There is/was a drain in the parking lot that
allowed water to pass under our road, but now the drain is fully
clogged and the water pours across the road. In the past it has
frozen there also**.

But I'm wondering if any of this matters?

So what if there is a half inch of water or more flowing across the
road? When it rains, lots of roads have water.

Sure it matters. You can always report it to the town highway department.
They will get after the condo association if it is there responsibility.



The ice is not flat but full of ripples, because the water is flowing
when it freezes. I think this is a little less slippery than flat
ice.

Even if someone were to skid, he could skid into the curb, but after
that is just an empty grassy area. If he gets 20 feet beyond there,
there is a picket fence, nothing very expensive. There is never
anyone in the yard behind the picket fence and almost never anyone in
the area in front of it, especially when it is raining or icy out.

So is there a point to clearing the silt and mud from the drain so
that the water flows under the road?

Sure ice in the road is a hazzard. Get it fixed. This is a lawsuite ready
to happen.