Residents press Kenilworth council for engineering review after repeated Sherwood Drive flooding

Residents from Sherwood Drive told the Kenilworth Borough Council the neighborhood has flooded repeatedly in recent years and urged the borough to examine the drainage.

"It flooded yesterday. I mean, there wasn't that much rain," Tom Marzak told the council, describing water filling the street and splashing against garage doors. Other residents said the problem has recurred for a decade and cited a creek behind the properties that may be contributing to a high water table.

Council members and staff did not dispute the reports. Staff asked the borough engineer to validate whether the creek and affected areas fall within private property or borough responsibility and committed to follow up. The mayor directed the borough manager to arrange an engineer site visit and said the borough would provide an answer to residents after inspection.

Council discussion also noted possible upstream factors such as reservoir operations outside the borough that can change flows and cause low-rainfall flooding. No formal remedial action or funding decision was made at the meeting; the unanimous next step was an engineering inspection to clarify responsibility and options.

What happens next: Borough staff will schedule an engineer visit and report findings to the council and the residents who raised the concern.