'We can’t even live a normal life,” one resident says.
Deep in rural southeastern Alabama, nestled in the nook of a highway just outside Elba, sits a tiny, close-knit community known locally as Shiloh. After generations of vibrant family life, the residents of this historically Black neighborhood fear it may not survive beyond them.
"As a little boy coming up, we would go from house to house to different family members," he said. "We were taught to work together and to look after one another." "This is racism, there's no other way around it," Williams said. "And they don't even want to correct the problem." "Please don't destroy our property!" one homeowner pleaded on a comment form at a July 1997 public hearing.
Construction around Shiloh began two decades after the plans were approved. Soon after, residents said the flooding began: During rainstorms, the new highway drainage pipes funneled water from the elevated road down towards Shiloh properties, overflowing a retention pond that builders had dug to hold the flood water.
Still, ALDOT told ABC News it "does not believe the widening project, which included measures to address drainage, has resulted in stormwater runoff that is greater than pre-construction conditions. However, the agency said it has hired a consultant to look into improving the drainage system." "The State of Alabama should be ashamed of how they are putting this water onto the residents of this community," Jones said.
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