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Residents press Mansfield council for yield sign on Lone Star exit and for help with neighborhood drainage tied to utility work
Summary
Two residents asked the council to request TxDOT consider a yield sign at the Lone Star exit off State Highway 360 and to resolve continued standing water and algae in a gated neighborhood that residents say began after Spectrum work; staff said they will request TxDOT review and schedule stormwater and utility inspections.
During the citizens' comment period on March 3, two neighbors from Hackney Drive asked the Mansfield City Council for help with a hazardous highway exit and with persistent neighborhood drainage they attribute to recent utility work.
Esteban Loya, who said he lives at 1703 Hackney Drive, asked the council to pursue installation of a yield sign at the Lone Star exit off State Highway 360, saying the ramp feels like a highway merge and that he estimated "at least 6 to 7 wrecks" at the location. No formal traffic-control change was adopted at the meeting.
Resident Noette Wynn, who said she lives at 1701 Hackney Drive, said standing water, algae and mold have persisted for two years after Spectrum was brought into the neighborhood and that the city and the company have each blamed the other. Wynn said she had contacted the city manager and that the situation keeps children from playing in front yards. Wynn also raised a separate detention/drainage concern related to a nearby development and said she had been told to contact the stormwater coordinator, Julian Holmes.
Council members and staff responded on the record. A staff speaker identified as Raymond said, "We can make a request at the TxDOT level because that's in state right of way." City staff also said utility crews will inspect the neighborhood drainage to determine whether stormwater or sanitary sewer connections are involved, and the executive director of public works will schedule follow-up. Mansfield's police chief said officers would increase traffic enforcement in the area while staff pursues engineering or state-level remedies.
No formal council action was taken at the meeting; staff reported they would pursue TxDOT review of the state right-of-way and schedule local utility and stormwater inspections.
