Northeast Roanoke residents worry connector road will permanently disrupt quiet neighborhood

People who live in a northeast Roanoke neighborhood say they’ve been waiting years for answers about a construction project next door — and so far, they’re still waiting.

A tip to the WSLS 10 News Help Center led reporters to Nelms Road NE, where an unfinished connector road cuts directly into a residential cul-de-sac, feeds through an active construction site, and connects to Old Mountain Road NE.

‘That’s why I bought this house’

Patrick Manna, who lives on the cul-de-sac, says he chose the location deliberately.

“I bought it because it was a cul-de-sac. It was my father who had dementia and he used to like to walk up and down the street. It’s a safer street. That’s why I bought this house, because it’s a cul-de-sac,” Manna said…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS