BAT CAVE – Driving on the roads around Bat Cave, it’s clear why they’re still closed to through-traffic, even 10 months after Tropical Storm Helene.
Huge dump trucks carried loads of rock and gravel down steep, narrow hillside ramps to begin rebuilding creek banks, hillsides and retaining walls from the bottom up.
Many stretches are choked down to one lane, with narrow shoulders overhanging sharp ravines. In one place, an excavator lay overturned where it fell over the edge Aug. 19, Bat Cave Fire Chief Steve Freeman told the Times-News Aug. 20…