
ORLANDO, Fla. — Angry that a stormwater pipe runs through her yard, a Seminole County woman plugged the conduit with concrete. Now residents of the Shadowbay Club community say their flooded roads are nearly impassable after heavy rainstorms.
Even more frustrating for homeowners: Seminole officials say there is little they can do to resolve the nightmare because the streets and stormwater infrastructure in Shadowbay are owned by the community and are not public property.
“It’s an atrocious wrongdoing,” said Jennell Taylor, who bought her home the same April day a concrete company sealed the stormwater pipe. “And we keep getting the runaround from the county, and no one seems to want to help us…It’s terrifying, and it’s…