FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY VALUES -
THIS HAS BEEN SITTING IN ONE OF THE MOST TRAVELED ROADS IN THE ASSOCIATION FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS (pot hole much longer). YET, THE FIRST POT HOLE TO BE FIXED IS ON FRANCIS PARKER
Roads Chair, Anderson brought the board up to date on the projects his committee has been working on, during the April WPA Board Meeting. To his credit, Anderson has stuck to proper engineered projects. It has taken time, but is an improvement to the scattered, "we have the expertise" approach of the past. As he finished the report, he was asked whether there was anything in the plans for pot holes. He explained that he had reported on the planned projects, and that he didn't know enough about road repair. DeMarchi told him that he could cold patch them. He further reported, that he, himself, had picked up the material and fixed a pot hole on Francis Parker, near the King George intersection. He advised Anderson that he could provide him with some contractor names who could cold patch. PLEASE LISTEN TO THE MEETING TAPE OF THE ROAD REPORT FOR YOURSELF. I've relayed the report to the best of my ability.
COMMENTS:
It appeared that DeMarchi was making the Roads Chair aware of his own special project road work at the board table. If so, how does DeMarchi get his hands into everything, regardless of committee chairmanship, the governing documents, etc.? The man is everywhere. No one at the board table asks him how he took the pot hole repair into his hands. The pot hole just off the circle on Wedgefield Road, was mentioned at the board table in March. A good 40 - 50% of the entire population of Wedgefield make that turn. Once again, he takes care of Francis Parker first! Some might ask, "how much could that have cost? That's not the point. It is the disregard for line management and line authority, respect, and constant failure to act according to policy and procedure.
On April 23, 2014, the following Letter to the Editor, appeared in the Post and Courier. I've removed the writers name. I have no idea what this writer knows about roads. He does possess observation skills. Just as you and I do. I have observed in the 10 years that I've been here, that poorly planned projects have lead to repeat fixes in the same road areas, and the roads of Wedgefield are all but half paved with cold patch.
As to the hole with the cone in it at the circle, that area was repaired in 2010 or 2011, when that board didn't want engineering and they knew best.
HERE IS THE LETTER TO THE EDITOR
