Lexington residents on unranked roads still trapped by ice two weeks after storm

Lexington residents on unranked snow removal roads are still struggling to navigate dangerous conditions two weeks after the latest winter storm, with some calling the city’s response “unacceptable.”

Soni Cantrell-Smith and Louise Tallen, who live on Pine Meadow Court, said the past two weeks have been a nightmare. Despite living just off the relatively clear Mason-Headley Road, they’ve been trapped by impassable conditions on their own street.

“We couldn’t get out for the first four or five days. And we have all wheel drive. It was just too dangerous,” Tallen said. “And then after that, people without all wheel drive are having trouble because when we did salt there were ruts and then the ice was was so high that when we drove the sedan it scraped the bottom of the car.”…

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