GALENA PARK, Texas (KTRK) -- Just six weeks on the job, the new mayor of Galena Park was rolled up his sleeves Tuesday night to help combat localized flooding.

The mayor said the Manor subdivision near Galena Manor and Clinton Drive has been a problem area for years, but a lack of investment and deferred maintenance has let the problem fester.

Resident Judy Barns said that when she was a child, she remembers the flooding on her neighborhood street being fun.