Some Members of the Town Branch Neighborhood Association on Friday heard Ron Petrie, the city engineer of Fayetteville, Arkansas, explain that, because the current owner of the Aspen Ridge development site lives in Chicago and may not respond to a demand to complete the unfinished storm drain between the north end of South Duncan Avenue and Don Hoodenpyle's house, the only way to complete it is with TAXPAYERS' money and then bill the owner, Hal Forsyth. About 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, some of the same people heard a loud noise and went out to find a car spinning its wheels before escaping from the hole next to the storm drain. The driver said his wife bumped something and may have caused him to miss the turn to the east onto 11th Street. He also said he was going only 35. The speed limit on both Duncan and 11th is 25 and the driver had just passed a sign showing 10 mph for that curve.
Oh, well. They were able to drive away and their car already had damage, but they were angry and frightened. We'll see whether they call Fayettevilles' Transportation Department about fixing that hole. They might want to ask for some more large speed-limit signs and a double-yellow line to mark the lanes in the curve. Several times each day, cars approaching from south and east almost collide by taking the curve on the wrong side. I hope today won't see a fatality at the spot. I had hoped to post no BAD NEWS photos today and hope these will be the last.
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The only thing that is surprising about this is that this did not happen in inclement weather and that the auto was nor submerged.
That, and Aubunique's photos don't show the whole picture the way they usually do. In the dash to get any documentation possible, he was unable to show just how close this auto came to being perched on top of the open concrete stormwater box.
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