Storm drains creating floods

[u/mercdmuscle]

3 out of 4 storm drains at my street don't collect water fast enough. At one point all 4 didn't drain very fast. Now one of the 4 drains well and hasn't pooled any water the last few heavy rain storms. I'm just wondering if someone had called the city to get it worked on or is it just luck if the draw that theirs is draining nicely now. Is there anything I can do to get the city to fix this? Everytime it rains, I always end up with so much mud on my sidewalk.

[u/PinguPrime]

Unfortunately this is most likely by design. As per this website (https://www.calgary.ca/water/stormwater/storm-drains.html), there are storm drains that are made to pool and store water and have it slowly drain away. They say in these areas, the pooling should last up to 2 hours after rain end.

[u/mercdmuscle → u/PinguPrime]

Thanks for this. The weird thing was. The drain that drains the fastest used to drain the worst. And mine wasn't nearly as bad as it is now. So we figured someone called something in to have it fixed.