Cherry Tree Lane Homeowners

Cherry Tree Lane Homeowners Cherry Tree Lane homeowners (and renters) in Olivette have a place to meet, discuss neighborhood iss The City of Olivette and the St. Repave the street
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Cherry Tree Lane in Harvest Acres subdivision in Olivette, Missouri has a long illustrious history of flooding and property damage due to a substandard and inadequate storm water collection system and sewer infrastructure originally constructed in the early 1950s. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) have been aware of the problems, have commissioned engineering impact studies and have develope

d plans and budgets to resolve the situation - yet, nothing has been done. In the last 7 years, more than half of the original homes on Cherry Tree Lane have been replaced by new construction houses. The basic storm water infrastructure and sewer system have not been maintained, upgraded, repaired, replaced or expanded to support all of the new construction on the street. The runoff water & sewage overflow situation is creating extensive health hazards, property damage and access problems for emergency response vehicles, not only on Cherry Tree Lane, but also on adjacent Harvest Lane, the Greenbelt Trailway (bike/walking path) and Bonhomme Woods subdivision (directly below Harvest Acres). This is a community problem that needs immediate attention. We have documentation dating back to 2006 of site visits to Cherry Tree Lane conducted by engineers who found overwhelming evidence of:

- first floor home flooding
- street erosion & flooding
- yard erosion & flooding
- driveway erosion & flooding
- storm pipes are choked with roots & sediment
- poor condition of existing shallow piped system prevents MSD Maintenance from using mechanical equipment to unblock them
- hydrostatic pressure in the blocked storm lines cause geysers in yard drains
- standing water after rain and snow melt

If you have related documentation about the water & sewer issues on Cherry Tree Lane, please post a link to it on this page. Contact Bruce McGregor the Public Works Director for the City of Olivette at 314-993-0252 or [email protected] and tell him Cherry Tree Lane in Harvest Acres subdivision needs the following improvements:

1. Replace the main sewer line
2. Replace the main storm water line
3. Install storm water intakes along the street
4. Install curbs along the street
5. Replace rusted, eroded sewer manhole covers and storm water grates

Share comments, photos and videos of your house, Cherry Tree Lane during a rain storm, street conditions that need to be addressed, utility infrastructure in need of repair, contractor traffic & municipal resources working in our neighborhood.

11/27/2015

Thank you Lieutenant Patrol Commander Bill Miller (and staff) City of Olivette, MO Department of Police for escalating our street's flooding issue with MSD!

11/27/2015

Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District is here! Darrell Grant & crew are our heroes!

City of Olivette, MO and Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District - help, the street is flooding again!
11/27/2015

City of Olivette, MO and Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District - help, the street is flooding again!

04/10/2015

Thank you to the dedicated crew @ Ameren Missouri for restoring power on Cherry Tree Lane so quickly! We appreciate you!

02/10/2015

UPDATE from City of Olivette, MO: "ACE/Odesco will be out again today (Tuesday) afternoon to work on the NE section of Cherry Tree Lane and hopefully have everything on the east side open except for one driveway blockage. We will have some repair pieces to install after. If all goes well we may also start working down stream on the west side starting at the man hole located at 749 Cherry Tree Lane."

Check out the results of last week's investigation into Cherry Tree Lane's stormwater problems. No surprises, most of th...
01/29/2015

Check out the results of last week's investigation into Cherry Tree Lane's stormwater problems. No surprises, most of the pipes are inaccessible or collapsed. It sounds like City of Olivette, MO & Ace Pipe Cleaning will keep excavating until they can access & assess every segment of pipe. We're moving in the right direction - toward a solution!

This is what pre-progress looks like
01/23/2015

This is what pre-progress looks like

01/23/2015

Thank you City of Olivette, MO and ACE Pipe Cleaning for 3 full days of scoping, digging & jetting water through Cherry Tree Lane's stormwater pipes! We look forward to reviewing the investigation report next Wednesday to see what has been causing the historic flooding problems on the street - and hearing about a path to resolution.

Day #2 of digging & exploring the mysteries underneath Cherry Tree Lane. Let us know what you find City of Olivette, MO
01/21/2015

Day #2 of digging & exploring the mysteries underneath Cherry Tree Lane. Let us know what you find City of Olivette, MO

Good news neighbors - step #1 toward a long term solution to Cherry Tree Lane's historic water runoff problem is schedu...
01/16/2015

Good news neighbors - step #1 toward a long term solution to Cherry Tree Lane's historic water runoff problem is scheduled to begin next week. On Tues. Jan. 20, ACE PIPE CLEANING will be on Cherry Tree Lane to inspect the storm water pipes; water jet and vacuum the pipes; and use a camera to inspect any obstructions.

Please read the email from Bruce McGregor (Olivette Director of Public Works) for all of the details. You can reach him directly at 314-993-0252 or [email protected] if you have questions.

[email from Bruce McGregor] "Thank you for helping to get this information out to residents. Let me know if you have any questions about this prior to sending out to residents. Unfortunately, there are a lot of unknowns....

The City has contracted with ACE Pipe Cleaning to inspect the storm water pipes that run in the right-of-way along the east and west sides of Cherry Tree Lane. It may be possible to clean and repair the existing pipes in certain areas to relieve storm water pressure that builds at the Engel intersection and subsequently flood properties.

The City is currently scheduled to begin this work on Tuesday January 20th. The first part of the process will be to water jet and vacuum the pipes as far as possible. If an obstruction is encountered a camera will be used to inspect the pipe and locate the area of the obstruction.

Olivette Public Works staff will be working with the contractor during the project and will be responsible for excavating and repairing obstructed sections of pipe. At this point we do not have any idea which properties may have obstructed pipe. It is our hope that any areas that need to be repaired will be in unpaved areas. Those repair areas will will be restored with top soil seed and straw. If there is a failed section of pipe under a driveway a cured in place pipe liner could possibly be used to rehabilitate the pipe.

The Dig Rite utility locating service has been notified and will be marking all utilities along Cherry Tree Lane.

We greatly appreciate everyone's patience while we work on this project.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions."

Bruce McGregor, Director of Public Works, [email protected], 314-993-0252

12/12/2014

Had a productive meeting this week at the City of Olivette, MO with City employees Bruce, Barb & Carlos. They are talking with individual homeowners on Cherry Tree Lane, Your MSD and private engineering firms to document the current infrastructure (no one is exactly sure what is under the street, under our driveways and in our backyards), pinpoint the exact source(s) of the runoff water problems and then develop a street-wide plan of action (including budget, timeline and funding sources). If the City, MSD or engineer contacts you, please respond. If we all work together, we can put a solution in place that protects ALL of our properties long-term. Please use this page to post your ideas, comments, photos. Thank you for your continued commitment to this important improvement project!

This is what $830,000 buys you!
09/18/2014

This is what $830,000 buys you!

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