Updated
Most but not corrections have been made by the recent two storms, it will take us a while longer to get everything back in ship shape but we are thankful for all these efforts and are grateful the community didn’t have more issues.
Road Washout Victoria Lane
As most of you are aware the significant rain overnight washed out the creek pipe on Victoria Lane, (making the road impassable) interrupted the water service and Georgia Power.
As unfortunate as this was, the city was able to get the water line temporarily repaired and get the power restored. The repair of the road however created insurmountable (unbelievable)challenges. The City was able to reach a contractor and make a temporary ONE LANE road so the residences can have limited access to and from.
Under the conditions we are extremely fortunate in such a short span of hours to create this TEMPORARY access, BUT……… we need everyone’s cooperation.
1st. limit your trips IN AND OUT of the subdivision
2nd. Travel no more than 5 MPH through the temporary crossing
3rd. Do not under any circumstances stop your car while on the temporary crossing.
4th. Please recognize the danger of having a washout is, please don’t’ approach the road washout on foot, keep your children under your constant watch, we understand the curiosity of wanting to see how bad it is, which is why we included the pictures, it’s bad.
5th. We will not allow school bus traffic or heavy trucks to access the temporary crossing due to the conditions.
What next? As you can imagine this is a profoundly serious situation and the remedy will require us to evaluate how best to repair the road and insure no future failures. We are already working with our engineers to design a long-term solution, and we have a contractor awaiting the design. Once the design is complete, we can begin to ascertain/ determine the materials and how long the repair work would take.
We will communicate the, ”what, when and how” to all the residences as we know it.
We clearly recognize the inconvenience this creates for everyone and are appreciative of the assistance of Georgia Power, Hall County Fire Department, Hall County Road Department and of course our contractor who was on the scene within an hour, and now we ask for your understanding as we work to do the repairs, but as we all know, this is not a quick fix.
From what we can gather the surrounding communities in Banks, Hall and Habersham County were all impacted by this storm, so I guess we should count ourselves lucky in some respect that it wasn’t any worse, but it sure is frustrating. Hang in there with us and we can assure we will work on this diligently, as quick as we can, but most of all do it right.
Stay Safe……….
