Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
The Hyde Park Neighborhood Council meets Tuesday night to vote on new trustees, hear an update on the Erie Avenue road-diet project slated for 2027 construction, and discuss a proposed city ordinance targeting safety on mixed-use trails like Wasson Way.
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Four Observatory Avenue residents in Hyde Park say a sewer main's manhole cover blew off during storms on July 18 and July 22, flooding their homes and displacing one neighbor for at least six months, while MSD has not confirmed the specific failure.
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Mayor Pureval declared a state of emergency Tuesday night after two storms in five days dumped historic rainfall on Hyde Park, Oakley, and Mount Lookout, and residents can file MSD sewer backup claims and access city debris removal services as the Duck Creek floodgate investigation continues.
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A 2020 engineering report recommended Cincinnati replace the Madison Road bridge over Duck Creek in Oakley and eliminate its floodgate, but the city never acted — and the same floodgate failed to close during the July 17 storm that flooded Oakley, Hyde Park and Mount Lookout.
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Mayor Aftab Pureval declared a citywide emergency on Tuesday, July 21, confirmed the Duck Creek floodgate failed during Friday's storm, and said Cincinnati will use railroad sale proceeds to repair flood infrastructure if an investigation confirms the gate malfunctioned.
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Hyde Park homeowners Anna Brown and Ellie Palapa describe losing HVAC systems, water heaters, and up to four feet of basement water in the July 17 flash flood, with no flood insurance to cover the damage.
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A new report says taxing land at a higher rate than buildings would lower property taxes for most Cincinnati homeowners while generating the same city revenue, but the highest-income neighborhoods — likely including Hyde Park, Oakley, and Mount Lookout — could see an increase of about 11%.
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Business owners still cleaning up from the July 17 flash flood say the planned PLK Communities development on the same site could make chronic flooding worse; the developer counters that a new underground detention tank will slow runoff into city pipes.
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The Village of Fairfax identified Russ McKinney, 58, as the man killed in Friday's east-side flash flooding that dumped at least 4.5 inches of rain and devastated businesses across Hyde Park, Oakley, and Mount Lookout.
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The Cincinnati Department of Transportation & Engineering is accepting survey responses through Friday, August 14, on a planned safety redesign of Erie Avenue and Murray Road in Hyde Park, with an in-person feedback session planned for fall 2026.
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The revised Hyde Park Square development plan from PLK Communities, The Loring Group, and NorthPointe Group now includes demolition of the 1915 Peebles Flats, a structurally sound, continuously occupied historic building that was absent from all prior plans shown to the public.
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