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“Outstanding service. They were extremely careful delivering the extra large container into our driveway.” -- A. L. GARNER
Dragan said.The culvert an Indianapolis homeowner says is visibly collapsing. Courtesy: Anthony DraganDragan's property, in the Ivy Hills neighborhood in Castleton, backs up to a retention pond. According to Dragan, a culvert, which allows for drainage of that pond, has been deteriorating for years. It's now visibly collapsing.Three years ago, water built up in the retention pond and flooded into the bottom level of Dragan's home."(It) actually came over the patio and into the house, and that was ... I'd say about 28 inches," Dragan said.He reported the flood and the broken culvert to the city of Indianapolis and Citizens Energy, which both hold some responsibility for the stormwater system in the area. Then, he cleaned up and rebuilt that level of his home."Literally the week that I was done ... (a) flood hits again," Dragan said.Floodwaters rush into Indianapolis home, August 2016. Courtesy: Anthony DraganThat time, in summer 2016, four feet of water rushed inside. Dragan showed CBS4 Problem Solvers photos which show the water building up outside his patio door, then forcing its way inside and destroying all of his downstairs rooms."You're just standing in the stairwell, just watching it," Dragan said.Afterwards, he faced another major clean-up. He said he reported the broken culvert again, and decided not to rebuild. At the time, he said he was told the city was looking into drainage issues in the neighborhood.This summer, Dragan's home flooded for the third time. When CBS4 Problem Solvers visited... (WTTV CBS4Indy)