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Evergreen Road Drainage Work - 2025?
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Click for original culvert elevations
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"Downstream" Conditions
Water from the Middlesex side of this road drains into a ditch that feeds into a culvert under Pine Path near South Bethany's Town Hall.
From there, the ditch parallels our Pine Path, and the water eventually finds its way west past the tennis club to the wetlands adjacent the Assawoman Bay.
DNREC has been working on a plan to improve the drainage along Kent Ave, and this work includes the ditch parallel to Pine Path.
This should provide a more direct connection to the Kent Ave ditches.
Existing Driveway Culverts
A larger percentage of the original driveway culverts are made of corrigated metal than elsewhere in the community, and these are rusting and collapsing.
Several collapsing culverts have been replaced by MBA; one has been temporarily "stented".
Additionally, some property owners have paid for culvert replacement/expansions.
Existing Ditches
The ditches along Evergreen are deeper and wider than most of the rest of the community, but are still in need of some elevation adjustments and significant cleanouts.
Along this road the asphalt is owned by the Town of South Bethany. MBA owns 25' of land before individual owner's lot lines.
Upcoming Work
All machine work should occur on MBA property, and any existing plantings IN the ditches will be removed.
Additionally, anything between the ditch and the street could be impacted.
Nothing will be allowed to grow back IN the ditches.
Not all driveways will be impacted; each will be evaluated individually.
Many driveway culverts have wood walls, held together with large (potentially rusting?) thru bolts.
Some have riprap (large stone) walls.
While all on MBA property, the original driveway culverts and walls were built by the original homeowners.
Existing Photos
The below pictures, starting at the western end, were mostly taken Labor Day weekend 2024, although a few were taken earlier that summer.
Click on any photo to see a larger version.
Additional basic notes have been entered for each driveway, and more certainly will be added.
Such as, oh, say, elevations...
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Right (east) side of driveway |
Address/Owner/Misc Notes |
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139-Hetherington
15" x 30'. Very long thru bolts; pipe in good condition |
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137-Byrne
Metal. Short wood walls; replace w rip-rap |
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135-Rooney
15" x 20'. Decrepit lumber walls to be removed |
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133-Zengerle
10" x 30'. MBA 10" pipe installed 2010? |
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131-Hodgson
Old reinforced concrete pipe; recessed concrete "parking bumpers" lining driveway to be saved/reused |
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129-Santmyer
10" x 40' (5/29/14: MBA); additional riprap? |
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127W-Meere
12" ADS (2007? by MBA). Block walls (Rob Austin). Hopefully no changes. |
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127E-Meere
ADS 12"; see 127W above |
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125W-Bull/Winschel
10" x XX'. 2016/17 |
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125E-Bull/Winschel
The partial collapse of this culvert was reported to MBA on 7/31/24. A smaller pipe was stented inside the 18" rusting corrugated steel culvert in case of complete collapse. We appreciate the assistance of the homeowner who helped clear vegetation from the side of the ditch and sand from the bottom of the decaying pipe.
significant growth in/over ditch east of here
Retaining walls on both sides of the driveway have (4?) thru-bolts that keep them from spreading apart. |
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123W-LaFleur
Pilings on MBA prop; probably not in the way
significant growth in/over ditch west and east of here |
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123E-LaFleur
12" x 30'; Mar 2021
significant growth in/over ditch west and east of here; see also bottom of page |
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121-Gillis
The partial collapse of this metal culvert was reported to MBA on 5/14/24.
A smaller pipe was stented inside the 24" rusting corrugated steel culvert in case of complete collapse.
Retaining walls on both sides of the driveway have (4?) thru-bolts that keep them from spreading apart.
significant growth in/over ditch east of here |
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119W-Myers
Feb 2021 agreement extending length of 2 culverts by 10' each side |
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119C-Myers
Leftover concrete center culvert from previous structure on this lot; completely obstructed by roots/sand and unable to be jetted by Caswell in 2024.
Serves no purpose and should be removed entirely, along with extensive brush on top of culvert. |
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119E-Myers
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117-Moneymaker
Concrete culvert w/ pavers on top. |
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115-Capon
(metal?) Feb 2018; MBA. Pavers between street and culvert to remain.
Lots of overhanging brush. |
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Extra photos:
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At left: "Pit" at west end of Pine Path (South Bethany property) |
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At left: Extra debris just east of 125E driveway (piling tops-unknown depth) |
