Carlisle residents urge council to resolve undedicated Dunbar Road after years of construction

Mister Brown and several residents of Dunbar Road told the Carlisle Borough Council on Jan. 8 that a newly built section of their street has not been formally dedicated to the borough, leaving residents without consistent winter maintenance and a school-bus stop.

"We are appealing to the council to assist in the resolution of the road dedication," Mister Brown said, describing construction completed between 2019 and 2024 and alleging grading and curve-height problems left by the developer. He told council the borough did not salt the new section during the Dec. 26 ice storm, showing pictures that he said documented where salting stopped at the new construction and resumed again on Krogan Drive.

Brown said the developer, identified in his presentation as George Malyos (with builder Hutch Holmes performing most homes), completed homes and sidewalk inspections and sold the lots to residents, but the road itself remains in "limbo" and is being treated as a private drive. That status, he said, is preventing the borough from placing a school-bus stop on the new segment and is causing intermittent plowing and emergency-service access.

Council acknowledged the complaint and said staff and the borough solicitor have been working on the issue. The presiding officer said staff understands the "frustrations" and is taking steps to pursue dedication, and he invited the borough manager and solicitor to continue those efforts.

No formal action to accept or dedicate the road was recorded at the meeting. Residents asked for council assistance and for staff to pursue the legal and engineering steps necessary to achieve dedication so municipal maintenance and school routing can resume consistently.