Carrie:

The Road Commission is working with the Water Resources Commission on this long-standing problem.

The problem lies with the WRC's drain under the road. The Road Commission's drainage structures that go to the WRC's drain are working as intended. However, the WRC's drain is not draining -- there is nowhere for the water to go once it gets through the Road Commission's drainage structures.

The WRC reports that part of its drain is collapsed. They are putting together a plan to address this, though it's not completely clear that this is the entire solution. It may also be that there simply is a high water table in the area, and there is nowhwere for the water to drain (as the area became developed, many of the natural low areas that traditionally received water were filled in, leaving fewer and fewer places for the water to drain).

Road Commission for Oakland County