Remember those nifty faux bricks on State Street we wrote about recently? They were mighty hard to see on Tuesday when a rainstorm, relatively mild as Springfi eld downpours go, made the street made from fancy-schmantzy stamped concrete (“Stamping Out The Old,” Aug. 27) look just like it looked before the city spent something north of $500,000 this summer to fi x the byway between Ash and Laurel streets. Which is to say, it was underwater, just as it was during rainstorms of yore that turned the street into a lake. The culprit, or culprits, are, apparently, storm drains that become easily clogged with debris, according to Ward 7 Ald. Joe McMenamin, who was on scene Tuesday and watched as debris was scraped away from the drains, which quickly developed whirlpools. “It’s bad,” McMenamin said. “I’ve got photos of it. I would say it was two feet deep in the worst area. I’ve got a commitment from public works: If there were insuffi cient drains or if the drains clogged, they would add additional drains.” Chronic fl ooding on State Street prompted this summer’s repair job, which cost more than $500,000, McMenamin said. Public works director Mark Mahoney said the city has no immediate plans to add additional drains or otherwise improve the drainage system on State Street. Mahoney noted that the water Tuesday went down when drain inlets were cleared, and he said that adding additional drains could strain the city’s combined sewer system. “Right now, it functions fi ne if the inlets are clear,” Mahoney said. “You’re always going to have issues when that much water comes. … At the moment, it doesn’t look like there’s a need for additional drains.”