WESLEY CHAPEL, N.C. -- A “Get McGinty” story helped puts the brakes on the building of a Union County subdivision after multiple violations were discovered.
Water poured out of the Brookmeade subdivision in Union County during December and January rains. All of the water, along with the runoff coming from completed neighborhoods upstream on Waxhaw Indian Trail Road, are too much for the 12 Mile Creek area down below.
The Shannon Vista neighborhood is just down Shannon Road, which runs over 12 Mile Creek. The road floods so badly, it's been shut down to traffic at least twice.
Tony D’Angelo, who lives nearby says, “Emergency vehicles could not get in our out, and no one else could get in or out also.”
After NBC Charlotte aired the story exposing this problem, The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality investigated and found multiple violations in Brookmeade. They found developers “failed to follow the approved (erosion) plan”, and “failed to take “reasonable measures” that might have helped prevent this much flooding below.
After our story, the Village of Wesley Chapel, following the state’s lead on violations, put a temporary hold on any new building permits in Brookmeade.
So no new building until these issues are fixed.
When we were out there this week, we saw most of the drainage areas and fences have been repaired and reinforced. Even the stormwater drains up top have been reinforced in the whole subdivision.
Once everything is re-inspected by the state and given a passing grade, building will likely resume.