1648 Broadway Street,
Port Coquitlam, B.C.
July 13th, 1972.

The Mayor and Aldermen, .
City of Port Coquitilan,

McAllister Street,
Port Coquitlam, B.C. JUL 17 1972

Dear Sirs:

You are all no doubt aware of Lake Hyacinthe
and numerous other lakes in this vicinity, caused by
excessive rainfall which the dike pumps cannot keep up
with .

Something else that doss not help is the big
drainage ditch that runs along Proadway. We have lived
here eleven years and that ditch has not teen cleaned
out in all that time and Lord knows how many years before
we came. It stands to reason that with all the water
coming into that ditch year after year, soil is also
getting in. Cutting out the brush, as was done earlier
this year, is not cleaning out the ditch.

Half of the south sida of Port Coquitlam is
being drained via the drainage ditch across from our
property and the more development there is, the worse

gets.

It is Long past time to install more pumps
and to properly clean out that ditch and we hope that
our city council will do more than just talk -- we'd
like to see some concrete action and the sooner, the

better,

This ts the second time that our basement has
been flooded due to excess rainfall and ours is not the
only one that is flooded. And the aggravating part of
it all is that it wouldn't happen if there were adequate
pumping facilities installed.

Yours very truly,

Ko team —
Loulg Hy&cinthe dnd

Gladys “Ayacinthe