Northwood News ♦ October 2016

President’s Message

By Laura Hussey

Neighbors, I am incredibly frustrated to report to you that we learned in late summer that the county had “miscalculated” and that, despite promises made by county DOT officials and County Council member Tom Hucker at our neighborhood meeting in February, our neighborhood streets will not be repaved this year.  Instead, as you have probably learned from the MCDOT flyer that was mailed to all neighborhood addresses and the white markings that have appeared on our neighborhood streets, our neighborhood has been scheduled for “Full-Depth Permanent Pavement Patching” to begin in late September.

The funds for this maintenance work come from a different part of DOT’s budget than the full resurfacing that we were promised, which comes from the county’s capital budget.  As taxpayers, we have a legitimate right to question where the monies that were supposedly allocated and already encumbered (set aside) for our street repaving went.  If you would like to do that in person, please attend the NFCCA meeting on Thursday, 13 October (see article).

I hear that you are all frustrated about the lack of action by the county on this issue, but I want to assure you that a small but dedicated group of your neighbors have been working on behalf of the neighborhood for more than four years to get our streets repaved.  Another reason to come to the meeting on October 13 is that we will be electing the NFCCA Board members for the coming year, and we have some really great volunteers to continue to lead our neighborhood to make sure that this continues to be a great place to live.

I look forward to seeing you all on 13 October!   ■