Some residents in Summerfield say they are fed up with the streets around their homes.
- Rain washes Southeast 23rd Avenue away, residents say
- Special assessment does not cover paving, county explains
"It’s not bad living here, but the road rots!" says Edna Morehouse.
She has been living along Southeast 23rd Avenue since the late 1990's. And as far as she can remember, the road has always been a problem.
The private roads around Morehouse’s home are maintained by a special assessment she and her neighbors pay. While the $150 per lot/per year fee covers grading, it does not cover paving the road.
"When the rain comes it washes it all away and then you get the holes back again and there is no foundation underneath it. They got to get a foundation underneath it that is going to hold," Morehouse explained.
Shawn Hubbuck, the county's director of Municipal Services Taxing Unit Assessment, says he understands residents' frustrations, but there is only so much he can do. That special assessment will not cover paving the road.
Hubbuck says by August he should have a crew working on the road smoothing the surface of the street and hopefully smoothing out the relationship between the residents and the county.
Morehouse says she will be watching out for the results.
"I am going to trust by faith that they are going to fix it. If they don’t then they are going to hear more from me," she said.