NBC29Complaints about Dogwood Valley Roads

Complaints about Dogwood Valley Roads

The Dogwood Valley area of Stanardsville is tough to navigate, and some people who live there say it's getting worse.

A group of neighbors say nobody is doing anything about it. Those same people say they dread going up and down the mountain to get home and they're virtually home-bound because the roads are so bad.

The ride into Dogwood Valley is a source of trouble for the Greene County Rescue Squad.

"One of our units was going up there and had actually gotten stuck on one of the rainy days," says Captain Mark McKee.

The ride is also a constant source of pain and annoyance for some of the people who live in the subdivision.

"The only place that I go mainly is to my doctor's office, and even then, it just hurts so bad because of my disability...being jarred around," says disabled Dogwood Valley resident Lyle Dussault.

Dussault has Degenerative Disc Disease, and nerve damage he says the bumpy ride triggers.

Cynthia Lambert had back surgery last year. "I do not have any padding around for any vertebrae, so it's just like hitting a stick on the ground," Lambert says.

Lambert tells NBC29 the Dogwood Valley Citizens' Association is supposed to maintain neighborhood roads, but the money residents pay for that maintenance is tied up in the association's legal fees. She says that's no excuse.

"I've climbed part of the Appalachian Trail and it's kept up better than that," says Lambert.

Rescue Squad captain Mark McKee says someone needs to take responsibility for the roads before a life is lost.

"Time makes a difference. If fire, police, rescue cannot get to a person in need in a timely manner, people are going to suffer," says Capt. McKee.

We left a message with the president of the Dogwood Valley Citizens' Association, but he didn't return the call.

Reported by Tracy Clemons
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