ROCKY FORK NOW COSTS 67% MORE OR $1,268,000! Next Year Cost Will Go Up to 1.7 or 2 Million!

This fall 2007 almost 900 students and their
families will attempt to squeeze thru the
intersection on the Rocky Fork Road and
Nolensville Road. This is in addition to the
thousands of cars now trying to get thru
this intersection without a traffic light.
(Town can't afford one?)

Due to lack of planning the town now
faces almost 70% increases in cost to
realign this intersection.

Even if the town board rushes headlong
ahead and signs a contract this week
construction will not begin until some-
time next year? Maybe? Question? Do
you know of one professional person
on our town board QUALIFIED to read
and sign a contract for Rocky Fork?

Contractor will no doubt run into un-
anticipated delays and cost over-runs
in the thousands. Can you say 3 Million
and counting?

In the meantime students attending this new
school along with their parents will be ex-
posed to the most congested and danger-
ous intersection in town. They can thank
our town board and planning commission
for this inexcusable lack of anticipation &
planning.

Want a sample of how the board works?
Alderman Alexander said "If we don't do the
road that is planned then Rocky Fork will
not have a correct access to Clovercroft."
(Truly, profound!)

Alderman Dugger said, "Maybe we should
hold off and look for alternatives...maybe
back up and look for alternatives" (The
meter is running up to 3 Million or More?)

Alderman Ken Thomas offered another
profound insight: "that kind of delay could
mean another large increase.!"

Nobody said a thing about unmanageable
traffic and the danger to new school
students and their families?

Just another example of "Irresponsible
government"- the Mayor said "was not
acceptable--and the answer is not that
the town cannot afford it."

Right on Mayor! Your problem is that
you don't have a board that plans
ahead much less a planning comm-
ission. Time is money and the town
is way behind the curve with no
ability to get ahead of rising costs?

Go ahead a build a new road on a
known "flood plain" ignore the en-
dangered crayfish and rising costs.
Truly a train wreck just waiting to
happen! This is a project that too
many contractors would "die-for"
multiple problems and no cap on
the overall contract!

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