Call it a drainage disaster for one Oakville homeowner. Part of his backyard has been turned into a swampy mess after a broken sewer line was repaired as part of a construction project.
Now the homeowner wants to know who is going to deal with the problem that appears to have developed through no fault of his own.
“It’s knee-deep, knee-deep; it’s disgusting!” said Dave Thompson. “Smells like a sewer, that’s exactly what it smells like.”
Thompson believes the problem is a storm drain right by his property. The line had collapsed at some point in the past. But it was recently fixed for a project to build a new Mercy clinic not far from Thompson’s home on Pioneer Drive, just off Telegraph Road.