06/11/2026
If it's more than a drizzle, it floods in front of my business. In the past fifty years, I have never flooded from normal or even heavy rainfall. Now it’s a common occurrence. Whiting Turner, the city's contractor for the "flood remediation" project on the City Dock has put sediment control liners in the storm drains outside of their jobsite perimeter to contain their runoff. There is no reason to use these liners offsite as the contractor is responsible for implementing proper sediment control devices onsite. Keep in mind, the huge devices taking up all our parking are specifically for this purpose. Whiting Turner and the former mayor, Gavin Buckley, promised us we would no longer have to worry about being flooded once the work started. They also guaranteed everyone the project would be done in an environmentally responsible manner. These were empty pledges. Both Whiting Turner and the head of Annapolis Public Works, Burr Vogel, are aware of this issue and refuse to correct it. If their goal is to put us all out of business, their methods are working.
I hope you will take the time to look at the photos and please share this post. We need citizens to be aware of what is happening and help correct this wrong!