Beaver Lake Drive has flooded again, and while it has gone down some since residents first became aware of it around 5 a.m. Thursday, the water is still too deep to drive through. Approximately 25 people are stuck at home, missing school and work, due to the flooding.
The last time the road flooded in February, it rose to levels high enough that Habersham County Emergency Services had to save two trapped drivers on the road as the water rose to the tops of an Amazon delivery van and a truck. During that flood, Justice, her husband, and three boys had to stay in a hotel until the floodwaters subsided enough that they could get home.
Amber Pirkle, who is new to the neighborhood, found out about the flooding Beaver Lake Drive experiences the hard way this morning. The mother of two had no safe way to get her children to school with the road flooded, and so the two girls are enjoying their “day off” playing with neighborhood dog Diamond.
Pirkle’s daughters and Justice’s sons make up at least four school-aged children living on the flooded road that couldn’t get to school today because of the road conditions.
Homeowner Kaylia Justice says this is a regular occurrence on the road, and because the road is privately owned by the neighborhood Home Owners Association, it isn’t something the city or county can fix. Justice, whose husband serves as the HOA president, says there is “nothing” the HOA can do to raise and pave the road to prevent flooding.
“I wish the city would take the road over,” Justice says. “[But] none of the homeowners agree.”
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