Collapsed storm pipe and flooding at 11023 West 80th Court, St. John
Summary
A decades-old metal pipe under a homeowner's property collapsed, flooding the road and threatening the home. The county has no easement to fix it, so the Drainage Board declared it a mutual drain — sticking the homeowner with 92% of a $100,000 fix. The homeowner says county road work upstream made the flooding worse and a neighbor may be pumping septic into the swale.
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Last discussed Jun 17, 2026.
Impact analysis
About $100,000 to replace the pipe — $92,000 assessed to the homeowner, $8,000 to the county — though an open-ditch alternative could cut that roughly in half.
The neighborhood gets its drainage restored and the road stops flooding.
The Chupa family faces a $92,000 assessment and a 20-foot easement across their yard, which they say they never knew about when they bought the house.
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