Land owners in dispute over flooded property

EPD investigating

Benji Ellis, right, and son Branson, 3, inspect some of their family land that's been affected by a neighbor's damming project. An old carriage/turpentine road that winds through the woods is now inundated with water. Two weeks ago, Ellis said he would have been standing a foot deep in water in an area that is not natural wetlands.

W 041818 ELLIS FLOODING 1 — Benji Ellis, right, and son Branson, 3, inspect some of their family land that's been affected by a neighbor's damming project. An old carriage/turpentine road that winds through the woods is now inundated with water. Two weeks ago, Ellis said he would have been standing a foot deep in water in an area that is not natural wetlands.

The Environmental Protection Division is investigating claims that a private road repair project caused the waters of Mill Creek to back up, flooding the property of at least two other land owners. When Steve Taylor decided to repair a road on his newlypurchased property near Ray Howell Lane, the efforts caused Mill Creek waters to back up on other property. This caused concern from Grayson Ellis and Edgar Deal, both of whom own land adjacent to Taylor’s.

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