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Childress Lane residents ask supervisors to pave road, cite repeated washouts
Summary
A resident told the board she and neighbors want Childress Lane paved with proper culverts and ditches after repeated erosion and a failed bridge/culvert repair; county staff and the engineer agreed to inspect and meet within 10 days.
Janice Norden told the Madison County Board of Supervisors on May 5 that she and neighbors who live on Childress Lane — a half-mile off Highway 49 — have endured more than a decade of inadequate road maintenance and repeated washouts and asked the board to pave the road with adequate ditches and culverts.
Norden said she and her husband own 20.18 acres on Childress Lane and that construction of a second home in 2023 means their property will be taxed at a higher rate this year. She provided the board with a packet of past meeting minutes and photos showing a prior county-built structure (described in her materials as a bridge/culvert) that washed away within months and insufficient grading efforts that have, she said, deposited debris onto neighboring property.
In response, the board chair asked county staff, the county engineer and Supervisor Banks to visit the site and assess solutions. The chair indicated staff would meet with the resident and that the engineer and the road department would examine the road; one board member said the visit would occur within 10 days. County staff later arranged a site visit and asked Lawrence (road staff) to attend.
Norden said 12 families live along the road or its associated parcels and that recent grading had created traffic bottlenecks and caused rocks and debris to spill onto her property. She requested paving and installation of culverts and appropriate drainage; county staff agreed to investigate and return with next steps.
