Middletown Has Come Up With A Plan To Help Some Of Its Residents Who Are Plagued With Severe Flooding When It Rains

Middletown Engineer Ted Maloney says if there 's a high tide and rain the streets in the Port Monmouth part of town become a river.

“It prevents the residents from getting through their streets and it prevents a few residents near the low lying parts of the street from getting out of their driveways,” says Maloney.

He says his plan, which is in the design phase, includes building a berm, repairing pipes, installing a slide gate, a pumping station, drainage pipe and a generator.

Maloney says the project would be done in three phases and cost about $1Million.

He says the next step is to see if the town can get funding from The Army Corps of Engineers.

By: Janet Fried