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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Woodcreek North petitions county to take over road maintenance


Note: We're checking for more details on what it will cost the county (and taxpayers) to take over maintenance of Woodcreek North's roads. County road chief Jerry Borcherding says that a cost study was done. We can't help but notice Commissioner Will Conley's largese with the taxpayers' money, at large, inasmuch as he seems to have played a central role in pushing for this latest road adoption plan. We have to wonder who or what is pushing his buttons. Nothing against the good people of Woodcreek North, but this does give one pause to ask: How many more private roads will Flash Conley push for adoption before the county's road maintenance bank goes bust or eventually require higher taxes to pay the mounting costs?

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By Bob Ochoa

RoundUp Editor


About 60 Woodcreek North and Wimberley Springs community residents attending a Property Owners Association meeting Saturday voted to request that Hays County take over maintenance of about 43,000 linear feet, or 8 miles, of roads in WN and Wimberley Springs subdivisions.

The vote followed a petition signed by more than 300 residents, according to WNPOA president, DuAnne Redus.

The petition, Redus said, "affirmed that it would be a good thing for the county to take over the major roads."

Not included in the plan are many more miles of auxiliary roads that will continue to be maintained with POA fees.

Ms. Redus explained that the genesis for the takeover plan and petition came from Pct. 3 Commissioner Will Conley. "He (Conley) came to the November (POA) meeting and met with the board and said we're willing to do this if I can get it through the court, and it would help if we could get affirmation from the people."

According to Redus, Conley said in response to a questioner at Saturday's meeting that he anticipated taking the road adoption plan to commissioners court within the next 30 days.

4 comments:

Frightened of Repercussions said...

Hey Mr. Conley, now that us homeowners in WCN are going down the county takeover road (no pun intended), can we also have someone like Wimberley Water take over from Aqua Texas? Or, can we charge Aqua Texas a road use fee ince they will be using the roads our taxes are paying for?

Just wondering why Aqua Tejas benefits at our expense.

Anonymous said...

This is getting to be a favorite mantra of WN customers (victims) of Aqua Texas, although it is inappropriate in this context. There is no connection whatsoever between ATI and the county maintaining the roads in WN. Sightings of Aqua Texas trucks in WN are rare, so I don’t see how they are tearing up the roads. And no, Aqua Texas did not cause the earthquake in Haiti either.

Well over 300 property owners in WN have petitioned Hays County to takeover the ownership and maintenance of most of their main roads, for good reasons. This will allow more professional signage, better traffic enforcement as well as better maintenance and repair of these roads. It will free up funds for the WPOA to finally get to some other needed projects. Plain and simple, this is a good deal for the community.

I, as a WN property owner, think this is the best thing to happen to the community since the defeat of the hillbilly incorporation try last election. WN residents pay county taxes, so why should they not see some local return on their tax money?

Anonymous said...

Anonymous 1, using your logic that the county's takeover of your roads will allow for more professional signage, better traffic control and maintenance, it's a clear signal to developers past, present and future that the county will come to their rescue, for the right political trade off of course. By your reasoning, every subdivision and every road in the county would qualify. But as we know, commissioners pick and choose who gets the special treatment. I smell a rat and larger ulterior motives by Conley. Some may say that's the way the game is played. I say stick developers with huge development fees going in, equal to the amount it's going to cost tax payers to fix their messes later on.

Anonymous said...

Ditto to the last Anonymous, Well said.