we have paved too many pieces of land. Where the Cinnaminson Harbor development sits used to absorb much of the storm water. Now it's mostly paved and the water is seeking another path.

seems like every time somebody seeks to "create jobs" they want to grab land and pave it over. Hey Twp planers, how 'bout a retention pond near the area of trouble. Perhaps ajacient to the Harbor

Our property is located at Calhoun & Adams St. We moved here June of 2003, have lived through 7 MAJOR floods since. When I say MAJOR I am talking about water filling up our entire crawl space and entire first floor. There have been many smaller floods in between that yes they are a nuisance but we have adjusted our living through them. The MAJOR flooding has cost us over $20,000 EACH and 2 floods in 2011 destroyed over $100,000 of our home. FEMA has put our home in a Severe Repetitive Loss category. The township has had many opportunities to apply for Grants to help out homeowners but have not pushed the issue. To this day my question of if the township has a Repetitive Loss Ordinance has gone UNANSWERED! I can go on and on.. Please contact me and I will fill you in on this tiresome task that seems to be going nowhere.

This is definitely a priority for those homeowners affected by the constant flooding. I passed by a house behind the Hallmark recently after last bad storm. Their parked suv had water almost to the bottom of door. Being flooded year after year, these homeowners need a break and assistance.

Good Luck with that one, its all about profits, they worry about the other stuff later on when they are gone....The people who buy the stuff are stuck with the delemn....

Yes... That flood came out of nowhere Friday Dec 21st. Not even 2 inches of rain the night prior caused MAJOR flooding. We purchased our son a car for Grauduation, he had it for a few months and it was deemed a total loss. Thankfully we have full coverage but deductibles constantly add up. This area of flooding was supposed to be addressed BEFORE the Shoppes at Cinnaminson went up. That did NOT happen, the development Hadley the flooding worse.

My mother lives on N. Pompess and floods continuously with little to no help from the township. She has lost more than I can even detail. She has a double lot from Canal Street which backs up to the creek and her home is on N, Pompess and the flooding usually covers her entire property and fills her basement, ruining hot water heaters, her heating system and is destroying the foundation of her home. SHe had a 4 foot pool that had river water go over the top, the entire contents of her garage and basement ruined and a yard that is basically useless because it is constantly under water. On the night of the 21st of December she was thankfully alerted by a neighbor in the middle of the night or both of her cars would have been destroyed when the flood waters came rushing in without warning. I do not see any mention of this area and was curious as to what if anything will be done for this neighborhood? It is an absolute disgrace-

Ray.. We are right along with you. Our disclosure was filled out by the prior owners son in law that lives in CA. No warming that we would live through flooding. We did NOT sign up for this! Flood insurance started at $901 and now is over $3000 per year. We lived in a hotel for 11 weeks from flooding in 2011. Dogs were in kennels..paying for the hotel & still paying a mortgage was NOT easy. And for the people that think flood insurance is like homeowners insurance.. You are WRONG! Flood insurance takes your $$ but hardly pays anything out! We have spent well over $100,000 out of our pockets not being reimbursed by insurance.

the reasons for the flooding are obviously overdevelopment and global warming so get used to it...they should have never been allowed to build the new cinnaminson harbor on land that was wetlands....many people objected to that but the almighty dollar won....the big sign out front of cinnaminson harbor tells you who to blame

Tom S^ My home is nowhere near Cinnaminson Harbour and I don't live along the Creek either. This home was built in the 50's. Something needs to be done and it needs to be done NOW!

The flooding of the Pompeston in the past couple of years is a direct result of the development upstream. While it's great that Ben wants to work on the flooding near Zeisner and Kern - which, by the way, is Belleview, not East Riverton - anything done there will have absolutely no effect on what's happening closer to the creek. The pictures I'm posting are from 12/21 - I could have paddled to the light rail station but my daughter couldn't follow to take pictures, so I turned around at the railroad tracks.

If this problem was in one of the higher income areas of Cinnaminson it would be handled far differently I'm sure! Most of the people on N Pompess are forty plus year residents and while flooding has always been an issue it was not until the building of Cinnaminson Harbor that life has become unbearable for these people. How can anyone be expected to live like this and how can they even consider selling their homes when the constant flooding makes their homes literally impossible to sell!

I live 1 block over from Leisa's mom on N Randolph. I have been here 33 years & NEVER had water in my basement until Cinnaminson Harbour was built. Now the whole neighborhood has sump pumps going. East Riverton seems to be the forgotten neighborhood.

Its hard to read what people are saying but the problem is politics always wins out....I feel sorry for all of U who have lost alot....how do we change it....thats hard when we have people saying things like we need more fields, snow makers and new schools....I guess sometime in the future something will change....good luck

Thank you John^ I truly enjoy reading your comments, I am like you I don't sugarcoat anything. My next step is hiring a attorney, maybe then we will see results. My husband has redone our home so many times and he is exhausted. We have installed hardwood flooring 5x in 9 years. We have replaced our heating & air multiple times...2x alone in 2011. I can go on & on and I really want the new Mayor to visit my home. I have stacks and stacks of pics from every flood. And like someone stated above, flooding makes your home a hard sale. So I ask why do we pay real estate taxes equal to a home not in a flood zone?

east riverton has been forgotten about because it should have never been made a priority of cinnaminson in the first place...EAST RIVERTON not EAST CINNAMINSON... maybe riverton should take care of their problems and not raise problems for cinnaminson...we shouldn't be held responsible for the section 8 section of cinnaminson which should never have been an area of cinnaminson

My parents also live on Pompess and NEVER had a water problem until those new townhouses and condo were built. It is truely appaling that the residents that live in these areas have to deal with the clean up at time weekely. Something really needs to be done and someone should take responsibility.

Exactly what I am saying Maury. I have not reached out to the Mayor but have been through everyone else. Many townships have a repetitive loss in their floor ordinance. If we had this we would be able to get $30,000 from our flood insurance carrier to help towards raising our home. Without repetitive loss you have to have 1 flood that damages more than 50% of the value of your home. With repetitive loss it can be 2 floods within a certain amount of time. We had a MAJOR flood April 2011... Over $50,000 in damages. Flood insurance pays approx 65% we are stuck with the rest. Plus we had to live elsewhere and flood does not pay a cent for that. Well by mid July we finished with repairs. Then Aug 27th came Hurricane Irene, here we go again...$57,000 in damages. Hotel living, dogs in kennels..etc We have lost so much $$... There were many floods prior but I am just using 2011 as a example.
Other towns also reverse the values of their real estate taxes. They put majority of the value on the land and the lesser amount on the home. Therefore it's easy to reach that amount of $$ in 1 loss.
All the township does it put out cones and barricades...so far that has been their solution. There are a few newer homes in my area..approx 6 yrs old, well their entire yard floods. The builder should of NEVER been allowed to build here. It's a HUGE mess!

Those people who are dealing with the constant flooding have my sympathy. During heavy rains I am lucky; I only get about an inch or two of water in my basement and that is because the thick clay at my property makes drainage poor.
For those people whose homes are constantly being flooded, I am trying to understand what you think needs to be done. Ray Budden suggested that either the Township, the State, or Federal Government should buy you out. Tearing your homes down is a pretty drastic solution. Are other solutions? And what would you like the township to do? Is there state or federal grant money out there that can be used to help you?
I hope a solution to your problem will be forthcoming.

Township Construction Office, Zoning, township attorney, township accountant.. Etc. They are ALL aware! There is Federal money, State money.. Etc. The township officials are suppose to work with their tax paying citizens and apply for such grants and funding to raise these properties, move their homes and YES buy them out! It happened in many towns in North Jersey after Hurricane Irene.

Ray.. Let me know.. We would be happy to dredge out that area. Although we will still be fighting the Mosquito thing! We all need to come together and bombard a township meeting demanding answers and some sort of method to move forward.

Ric... The water is coming from the creek about 2 blocks away. It's actually a run off area that after the years dirt has accumulated leaving NO basin to hold water. Public works cuts the grass every other month or so and puts out the cones when its flooded. They are ALL well aware with what we have been living through.

Flood map Cinnaminson harbor area
http://map1.msc.fema.gov/idms/IntraView.cgi?ROT=0&O_X=5212&O_Y=4933&O_ZM=0.076924&O_SX=801&O_SY=759&O_DPI=400&O_TH=54494293&O_EN=55067337&O_PG=1&O_MP=1&CT=0&DI=0&WD=10425&HT=10400&JX=1272&JY=819&MPT=0&MPS=0&ACT=0&KEY=55051292&ITEM=1&PICK_VIEW_CENTER.x=451&PICK_VIEW_CENTER.y=258&R1=VIN

Our real estate taxes should not be equal to a home that doesn't require flood insurance. Also construction codes such as height of exterior electrical outlets. Everytime it floods there goes the electric to our pool and outside lighting. I would really think twice before canoeing around during a flood, you may come in contact with live electric.

@john b- I shouldn't bother responding to you, but I have to - How dare you look down your nose at us in East Riverton! Section 8 indeed - people like you are a big part of the problem. Why don't you come and visit us in East Riverton, and we'll give you a tour and a history lesson - bring boots. Perhaps you want to send the people from Rolling Greens and Fountain Farms and Wellington to other towns as well, since they have names that designate their neighborhoods as well (which is all the East Riverton name is, a geographic designation for a neighborhood!) And by the way, it is Cinnaminson that uses Riverton's zip code, not the other way around.Get your info straight before you start posting nasty, rude comments about where people live.

I attend most of the township committee meetings, and have something to say at every single one. I think that a part of why we're getting at least a little attention is because I've been a bit of a thorn in the collective paw of the committee. I know its hard for many people to come to the meetings, but it would certainly make a difference to have more people there besides me

The creek overflows on FAIRFAX DRIVE all the time. Floods basements, closes roads and cause unsanitary conditions. The pictures of 126 Fairfax show the flooding that destroys the basement and heater, etc. Then a block away, there's the sewer plant area. What a mess! Maybe we should work on fixing the area that flood before we spend time and resources trying to develop new areas of the town.

^^^ I agree with you 100% . I don't encourage anyone to purchase a home in Cinnaminson. I never will until the township steps up and gives its tax payers a solution to this HUGE Flooding issue.

Ray.. Just saw a West Nile case on The Doctors.. This township needs to spray our area because if I or any of my family catches this because the township is lazy & cheap.., there will be a Huge lawsuit on their hands. If you look out your window you will see flooding occurring already and it hasn't even rained 1/10 th of a inch.

How far down zeisner ave do flood waters go, i was looking at a 555 zeisner and now may be changing my mind after hearing about the fooding issues

t d ^ I would RUN! Even if the water doesn't reach that point YET, it soon will. The township isn't willing to spend ONE penny to help alleviate Flooding!