HAYDEN, Ala. ( WIAT ) — A Blount County judge is deciding who – if anyone – is responsible for fixing a neighborhood road that has fallen in disrepair.
CBS 42 learned during an investigation last year that the Hardy Acres neighborhood in Hayden has privately owned roads. They were owned by Jack Clay before he died in 2020. He then left his estate to his wife, Maxine, but when she passed away, she left everything to the Hope House.
The Hope House is a county resource for residents to receive food and bill assistance while combating substance abuse. It also has a thrift store.
The road conditions of Double Oak Road got so bad last year that the school buses stopped going directly to students’ homes.
Jennifer Pike and her husband Gene Coulter met with CBS 42 after Tuesday’s court hearing to decide what happens now with the road.
“We moved in in 2004 and from 2004 to now, that’s all he had ever done was put some gravel but once it rains it just washes down because the hill is so steep,” Pike said.