Roads, Drainage, Flooding, and Sewer Infrastructure

What should local government actually be doing?

The basics. Roads you can drive, drains that keep your basement dry, a sewer plant that works, and maintenance that happens before things fail instead of after. When a town approves major new development, the infrastructure math has to be done first — not discovered later by the residents downhill.

My plan

• Basics before extras. Council attention and budget priority go to roads, drainage, sewer, flooding, and public works before discretionary spending.
• A plain-language quarterly infrastructure report. What is being repaired, what it costs, what is behind schedule, and what the engineering reports actually say.
• Flooding treated as a priority, not a talking point. Drainage projects measured by one standard: does the water stay out of homes?
• Prompt public notice on sewer problems. If the treatment plant has a compliance problem, residents deserve to hear it from their government first, in plain language, immediately.
• Read the reports before the vote. An engineering background means consultant recommendations, valuations, and technical claims get questioned before approval — not rubber-stamped.