'Sandbag Campaign' Launched In Hoover To Protest Flooding Issues

Hoover AL

02 November, 2021

11:54 AM

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HOOVER, AL — After severe flash flooding in October that resulted in two deaths in Hoover, residents are bringing attention to the drainage issues in the city by launching a "sandbag campaign," according to a WBRC report. Residents along Patton Chapel Road have placed sandbags in their yards to protest drainage issues from the ongoing road project on Patton Chapel Road off Highway 31. Hoover City Council President John Lyda told WBRC that Patton Chapel is a county road, and said he has written a letter to County Commission President Jimmie Stephens regarding the drainage issues. Two people died in a flash flooding incident in Hoover in early October, and hundreds of Hoover residents reported major property damage from the flooding. The October incident was the most recent of what residents said have been several flooding incidents in the area. Read more about Hoover's sandbag campaign on wbrc.com.