I noticed this in the mcdonalds parking lot, so I poked around in it with a stick to try to clear the drainage path.

I came to the conclusion that it has no outlet at all, it’s a permanent stagnant pond. It stinks pretty bad.

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[–] 13 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Weird. Is that a culvert at the top of the image? It makes sense that runoff from the parking lot would terminate in a drainage ditch, but why it would have sidewalls like that is beyond me. Maybe it was a misunderstanding from the construction crew.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    I bet the pool area was only supposed to have a backstop wall the prevent erosion of the ditch, but the designer didn't feel like it was necessary to detail it. Seems easy enough to fix with a concrete saw and a sledgehammer though.

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