I really liked Howard Crossing both times I’ve lived there. You can walk to old Ellicott City!

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Easily worse driveways I've ever been on. I've never experienced this elsewhere

Post an update if you don't mind!

They seem standard from what I can tell. BRIDJIT seems to be the recommended brand for these base on the research I’ve done (also as shown in photo).

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I've seen few of them in Oakland Mills that haven't moved in at least 4 years.

There are no natural lakes in Maryland. Anything lake looking is dammed.

Huh? That little spit to the south of Milestone shopping center? That’s not any sort of lake, not even a stormwater retention pond. Any supply of water it might have had has been cut off by development.

I feel silly now, because I did not even realize that part of the river under 29 is part of a reservoir. Thank you for the information though!

We had a word for those people when I was growing up. We called them busybodies lol

That's a smart idea. Looking at historic satellite images on Google Earth confirms this as well; in the Springs the river is high, and in the Autumns the river is lower.

Thanks all, appreciate the insight. I’ve got to do something as yesterday I heavily scraped the bottom of car, thought for sure I punctured the oil pan but everything seems fine so far. I can usually avoid problems if I back out at a sharp angle or back in, but yesterday even backing in didn’t work, probably because my trunk was full of stuff. Hopefully the curb ramps work as expected.

Does anyone know if these are a standard size? I guess I would have to try and measure the curb radius?

WSSC just finished a project on Brighton Dam. And they are anticipating starting a sediment removal project this spring. I don’t think they have specially said so, but they may be lowering water levels in the reservoir to facilitate that.

https://www.wsscwater.com/watershed talks about the sediment.

Some names that may help you research more: Tridelphia Reservoir, Brighton Dam, and they are managed by WSSC (Washington suburban sanitation commission, or close to that)

Edit - oh, Brighton is the other one. The water levels under 29 are T. Howard Duckett Dam and T. Howard Duckett Reservoir. But, it still would not be unheard of that a project in one reservoir is affecting the downstream one.

I mean…I feel like you have described at least half the people on the neighbors app lmao

My buddy lives across from the pool on Columbia Rd in ellicott city near Dorsey and has had them for over a year. Confirmed with his neighbors and was good to go never had a problem.

Yes, it fluctuates. This is not unusual, and we're far from any sort of drought conditions.

Go to google maps on a PC, pull up street view at the bridge, and review the previous imagery going back to 2007. They're all from the fall which look "low" vs, the 2012 image from April.

lmao who listens to the police scanner? That's something my grandma did because she didn't have anything better to do

there's probably 6 or 7 people that have these in my neighborhood. None of us have ever been ticketed or told to remove them by the county. You shouldn't have any issues as most of the police and county workers probably understand, and we've never had an issue with the snow plows either.

I do not think it used to be this way. Heck, the "lake" over by milestone (in Germantown) has been a field for the last 2 or 3 years now. The whole US is seeing less water

Autumn crest stinks. Management sucks and the building sucks.

I've got a 2x6 for now. No one has said anything in 5 months. Except when it floats away in heavy rain

My buddy has one. He's been in his house for 6 years. He's never heard anything. He's in Kendall Ridge. Some of the other villages might care though.

Bonheur is my favorite bakery