Residents Ask: Private Road or Private Dump?

Ben and Peggy Zask emailed this photo and asked: "Is our street considered the official storage dump for the community?" Zask's official address is on Narcissa but you can't tell because there is no street sign. The only way to get to their house is to drive right by, (actually around), these very large piles of dirt, asphalt chunks and enormous rocks that are piled up alongside the road. The piles are so big that they are spilling out into the road. The Zask's describe their address as, "the top of Peppertree on 'Not a through street.' "

Their email continues: "The constant dumping of road scraps is increasing as the months go by, often obstructing our ability to drive down our road. The big trucks that dump this scrap leave big holes in our road."

The photo really doesn't do justice to the mess. The pile of dirt is shoulder high, the pile of what appears to be large chunks of asphalt is equally huge and what you can't see in the picture is a very large collection of enormous rocks-- actually, boulders is probably a better word.

Who put this mess on Peppertree? Why is it there? Does anyone plan to move it, use it, add to it, build a bomb shelter under it? If it is being used for something in the community, could it be moved to some place where it doesn't obstruct traffic...maybe an empty lot with a fence, so no one has to look at it?

Does anyone know anything at all about this stuff? If so, email me (leetwid@yahoo.com) or just post a comment on the blog.