People who live near a Buckhead park that tends to flood with sewage are asking for solutions. The mayor toured the park earlier this week, but a real fix could still be a long way off.
Neighbors of Atlanta Memorial Park describe water shooting out of manhole covers during a winter flood, and say the stream bank is heavily eroded.
The Department of Watershed Management says it has plans that would partially address the issues, but a real solution will be expensive, and possibly years away.
Councilwoman Natalyn Archibong, who chairs the City Utilities Committee, said people in other neighborhoods are worried about similar issues, which go back to how the city handles rain.
“We have to do better with managing that storm water that goes into the system and then gets into our creeks and our waterways,” she said.