BEAT has been warning the City of Pittsfield about the dangers of undersized culverts. As I said in a previous post,
“BEAT has also been arguing to apathetic ears that Pittsfield has been installing undersized culverts at road crossings. We hate to say ‘we told you so,’ but part of the flooding is a result of the city being unwilling to force engineers to do a little extra work or spend a little extra money. Apparently the city would rather force homeowners to go out and buy sump pumps.”
Here’s an amazing video from Freeport, Maine that underscores the danger of undersized culverts. The video was captured by WMTW.com photojournalist Kevyn Fowler in Freeport, Maine during a storm. It shows the collapse of a road when water flow exceeded the capacity of a culvert. The culvert makes its appearance at the very end of the video.
