GREEN BAY -- The flooding witnessed Wednesday was the second serious flood this year in Green Bay, with water several feet deep on city roads and homes threatened along the East River. Homeowners along that river say that the flooding problems in their area have only gotten worse in the last several years.
When this area was on the receiving end of a couple of inches of rain, neighbors say they were crossing their fingers that they didn't have a repeat of what happened in this area back in March, when dozens of homes basements were completely flooded.
NBC 26 asked city leaders on Thursday why this problem appears to be getting worse and they say it's due in part to an aging sewer system that can’t keep up with the demand.
"We covered up a lot of land with cement and asphalt and homes,” said Alderman Bill Galvin, Green Bay 4th Dist. “So, the water doesn't have as many places as it used to have to be absorbed into. The solution to this is not going to be quick. It's not going to be quick or cheap."
Alderman Galvin adds that the city might be considering buying more properties along the East River so the water has somewhere to go when it rises. He also says that the public works department is considering building dikes along the shores of flood prone bodies of water, but all these potential fixes would take years, if not decades, to complete.
