in my ignorance, is it a private development ? Who developed the area. if a private company developed it, and you bought it, then you should take it up with them , not we the people. please can someone respond , for clarity?

Sir Snake made a small fortune many moons ago from building and selling low cost homes on much of this flood plain known as Pinewood. No amount of money can fix the flooding problems there and Reuben Rahming knows it.

The simple fact of the matter is, the very greedy and unscrupulous Snake should never have applied for and received the permits needed to build and sell homes on this flood plain. Rahming is only just now raising this matter as a political ploy because he can smell an early general election in the air. And he knows first hand just how fed up his constituents were with all of the flooding they had to endure during the very heavy rains this year. Does Reuben Rahming even live in the Pinewood area prone to serious flooding?

Only a full idiot would believe the post above. The first opportunity to fix the flooding problem in Pinewood was during the construction. They could have raised the houses two courses of blocks and put passive storm drains along the roadways like most roads in New Providence have. The higher houses would force the excess water into the streets and into the drains. The water is less that 12 inches so six foot drains could accommodate the flow. And as a precaution they can build a catchment basin in where water can be pumped out during excessive rains. Sandy Port use to flood over three feet with heavy rains and high tides. And that problem was remedied while increasing value to the pros.

@John, I don't agree with tribanon on much of anything, but in this he/she is correct.
Pinewood Gardens was/is a private development with the developers pocketing all of the proceeds from the land sales and who should also be responsible for correcting the flooding and drainage problems in THEIR subdivision, not the taxpayer nor the government.
Higher houses won't force water anywhere as it finds the lowest level which is ground level, a higher foundation might keep them above water but the water ain't going anywhere.
I suppose you would also expect the government or taxpayers to make good any structural or plumbing deficiencies by your private contractor in your own home too?

The messenger, maybe you need to reread my post. You said, yourself that water finds itself to a lower level but yet you attempt to discredit my premise that if the houses had higher foundations, the water would then run into the roads and into drains, if constructed, without the need for any mechanical assistance. And whilst you may be correct that Pinewood is a private subdivision, it is tax paying Bahamians who have been long suffering. And if the developers do not do what they are supposed to do, the government should step in and offer relief, even if it means battling with the developers afterwards and attempting to recover some of the expenses. Pinewood is a disaster that affects many Bahamians and it is sully for you to suggest that government should continue to turn a blind eye and have deaf ears to the cries of these people.

And it was the the invading , thieving foreigners who came in and cut down the hills in Pinewood and toted away the limestone valued at millions of dollars. Snake Wilson and his gang came in on the tail end and got the spoils.

Who remembers how quickly the road in the area where the PM represents was turned into a roundabout too many people were using it as a short cut to the airport..

A young woman lost her life because of the big boulders in the road with no proper signage

Now,
what is the difference between those in the PM district and those in Pinewood?

Why not fix their road. it is because they do not really matter..

It was none other than the PLP's very own SLOP who wrongfully allowed Snake to obtain all of the permits he needed to develop and build homes on the Pinewood flood plain.

Do these people pay property tax to the government or the developer? whoever collects
the property tax is responsible for the roads.

The real question is, do you @birdie pay your own property tax?

No one there pays property tax. No house is Pinewood is worth enough to qualify for property tax, because it's underwater for half the year! Snake and SLOP are the responsible parties here, only one of them left though.