Alley between S. Gunnison Ave. and S. San Juan Ave.

There is a lateral ditch that crosses the alley, running from a yard in the 300 block of S. San Juan to our yard and then up to the corner of S. Gunnison and Mill St. The ditch is channelled across the alley via a small culvert. When leaves, tree debris, rocks, etc. block the culvert, the water backs up into the yard facing S. San Juan and eventually floods the alley. The alley surface is very low where the culvert crosses, so even when the culvert is open (and in fact dry), a significant amount of water ponds just to the south of the culvert and water stands for days in the track of the alley following rain and snow melt. The Town came out at our request about 4 years ago and graded the alley up to the point where the culvert crosses, but the equipment operator was hesitant to grade over the culvert because he wasn't sure the culvert was strong enough to handle the weight of the equipment. So, we still have a ponding problem because we have a very low spot in our alley that floods a few times a year any time we have received moisture. That's a problem for our household because we can only access our garage via the alley.