When a private drain fails, the public pays. Lake Tapps residents caught in three weeks of bureaucratic limbo and rising water.
LAKE TAPPS, Wash. — A flooded intersection submerged for more than three weeks may be cleared as early as Wednesday, after Pierce County agreed to assist in pumping water from a blocked drainage pipe on private property.
The flooded intersection sits at South Tapps Drive East and 190th Avenue East. A pond on property managed by John Hofer and owned by Manna Lake LLC began spilling onto the public road after a drainage pipe became blocked, creating a closure that has lasted weeks.
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