{"id":561136,"date":"2026-03-26T02:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T02:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/561136\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T02:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T02:57:10","slug":"passing-the-buck-edmonton-business-deals-with-decades-long-drainage-problem-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/561136\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Passing the buck\u2019: Edmonton business deals with decades-long drainage problem – Edmonton"},"content":{"rendered":"

A business owner in Edmonton\u2019s northwest is voicing his frustration after dealing with the same drainage problem for decades. He says temporary solutions offered by EPCOR<\/a> are no longer working.<\/p>\n

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Outside Central Auto and Truck Parts, a massive pool of water has formed \u2014 an issue the owner, Nick Spina, says he\u2019s tired of dealing with.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing up in June, I got a $130,000 tax bill and I got to put up with that,\u201d Spina said.<\/p>\n

The intersection in front of his business at 170th Street and 129th Avenue fills with water as the spring melt begins, and it has for the past 30 years, creating problems for staff and customers.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy guys can\u2019t go to the mailbox, they can\u2019t park on the street. Customers are probably scared to turn in here cause they can\u2019t see where the road is. In the morning when it\u2019s ice, you can\u2019t see, it\u2019s one big glare,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Spina says last week, a car drove through the water without knowing how deep it was. The car died. Two vehicles are also stuck in the frozen pool. Spina has been in contact with the City of Edmonton and EPCOR, but says it\u2019s hard to get a solution.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis year, they\u2019re passing the buck. Phone the city, the city puts through EPCOR, EPCOR says it\u2019s the city\u2019s fault, city\u2019s responsibility, and EPCOR says vice versa,\u201d Spina said.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday morning, EPCOR was working on the pooling.<\/p>\n

In a statement to Global News, EPCOR says several factors make this area uniquely challenging.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIncluding how 170 Street aligns with the railway tracks and where private and public land intersects with the existing stormwater management infrastructure. At this time, we also know a blocked culvert on private property is contributing to higher volumes of water in this area,\u201d read the statement.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have also assembled a team who is actively reviewing longer term design solutions to improve the flow of water in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spina says he\u2019s not confident in a solution.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing\u2019s gonna happen. We\u2019ve seen the same thing for the last 30 years, they go out there. They play with it a little bit, put some barricades up and leave them there. They leave them and wait for the water to go down by itself. Sometimes it could take a month or two, depending on the weather,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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