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Residents tell Hunt County court Oakidge roads and drainage are failing; county says developer has not yet signed cost‑share agreement
Summary
Oakidge subdivision residents showed engineering excerpts saying concrete was poured under county standard and that drainage/grading failures are causing progressive road collapse; the county has performed temporary repairs and approved a cost‑share arrangement on its side, but officials said Castle Rock Custom Builders has not signed the developer agreement.
Residents of the Oakidge subdivision told the Hunt County Commissioners Court on June 23 that repeated, localized road failures and drainage defects there have left the neighborhood’s single access route vulnerable and “continuing to collapse,” according to resident testimony and county engineering notes provided to the court.
Gavin Secker and Chelsea Sucker, who identified themselves as Oakidge residents at 6635 Oakidge Court, presented a packet that included a Freeze and Nickels engineering report. Secker and the report said the developer poured some concrete sections at about 4.7 inches — below what the report and residents said was the county’s six‑inch minimum — and that contractors had not installed the crushed‑stone base the report recommended. Secker warned that the road was sinking and that the neighborhood’s only access could be compromised if the problem worsened.
Chelsea Sucker said residents had to file a public information request to obtain the June 2025 engineering report and pressed the court for transparency about whether the county had secured an enforceable cost‑sharing agreement with Castle Rock Custom Builders. County staff and commissioners confirmed the county approved an agreement on its side but said Castle Rock had not signed the document: "we don't have anything signed yet," a county staff member told the court.
County officials described ongoing short‑term repairs intended to keep the road passable while pursuing a longer‑term solution. Judge Stovall said the county’s development rules have been tightened since 2020 to require completed civil plans and inspections before plat recording — a change officials said is intended to prevent future subdivisions from being accepted into inventory before streets and drainage are built to standard.
Why this matters: Residents say construction defects and drainage failures create possible emergency‑access risks and property damage; the county has spent public funds for temporary fixes and is seeking the developer’s cooperation on permanent repairs.
What’s next: County staff said they will continue repair work, pursue the unsigned cost‑sharing agreement with Castle Rock and bring outstanding questions back to a future court meeting; residents asked for clearer, more frequent status updates.
