Eagle Gazette Cont.
''If the city knew this was going to happen, developers should not have been allowed to build homes on that road,'' said 38-year-old Teresa Meno. ''You wouldn't have half the people living there if they would've known that ... that's a big screw-up. The city should be buying out every home on Diley to make it right.''
Shaver said that although communication needs to be better, no plans were made in the dark.
Shaver asked residents if they could hold their comments until after the service committee's meeting so the regular order of business could continue, saying a public meeting would be scheduled at a later date for residents to voice their concerns. Residents continued to ask questions. Eventually, Shaver dismissed himself from the meeting and continued answering questions in the lobby area.
Betty Hardin said she's lived on Diley Road for 30 years and has never heard about the road being widened to five lanes.
''I heard about improvements, but never any specifics,'' she said. ''No one thought it'd be five lanes -- not in our wildest dreams. We were going to put our house on the market before this, but now I'm real concerned our property value will go down.''
The 59-year-old said she and her husband are retired and wanted to move into a smaller home.
''At our age, that was supposed to be our retirement ... we're on a fixed income,'' Hardin said.
Hardin and other residents said a three-lane highway would be more feasible.
Originally published Friday, June 11, 2004
''If the city knew this was going to happen, developers should not have been allowed to build homes on that road,'' said 38-year-old Teresa Meno. ''You wouldn't have half the people living there if they would've known that ... that's a big screw-up. The city should be buying out every home on Diley to make it right.''
Shaver said that although communication needs to be better, no plans were made in the dark.
Shaver asked residents if they could hold their comments until after the service committee's meeting so the regular order of business could continue, saying a public meeting would be scheduled at a later date for residents to voice their concerns. Residents continued to ask questions. Eventually, Shaver dismissed himself from the meeting and continued answering questions in the lobby area.
Betty Hardin said she's lived on Diley Road for 30 years and has never heard about the road being widened to five lanes.
''I heard about improvements, but never any specifics,'' she said. ''No one thought it'd be five lanes -- not in our wildest dreams. We were going to put our house on the market before this, but now I'm real concerned our property value will go down.''
The 59-year-old said she and her husband are retired and wanted to move into a smaller home.
''At our age, that was supposed to be our retirement ... we're on a fixed income,'' Hardin said.
Hardin and other residents said a three-lane highway would be more feasible.
Originally published Friday, June 11, 2004
