Re-Open Moss St.

Moss St. has been a main thru way for Silver Hills and others for 30+ years. The closer is burden on our community for many reasons.
Reasons why Moss Street should be REOPENED

1. This road has been used for 30 plus years by the community.
2. There is now only ONE way in and out for 80 families.

3. Road has been a thru way for surrounding community not just Silver Hills.
4. Safety issues have been sited as road closure—consider this—Blair/Alice entrance is right next to a very large sink hole, Alice street has washed out leaving only the Moss Street as a way in and out.
5. If the area, which is a wooded area, ever has a fire due to drought or act of God, etc, you are leaving many families in harms way with limiting the area to only ONE way out.

6. Residents now have to travel 1.3 miles further in and out to get to work and home again.

7. Contraire to DPW—School district has used Moss Street as a way in and out. Our children have used Moss street to get to the bus stop over in Oak Acres to get to school.

8. Contraire to DPW—Law enforcement uses Moss Street on a regular basis.
9. Ambulance and other emergency vehicles have used Moss Street for years.
10. There has been a problem with Oak Acres for years-- since it (oak acres) started to build up they have wanted to close our road. The county should have improved this road years ago to solve this problem between the two communities.
11. We (Silver Hills) have been told in the past from Mr. Radakey and Mr. Mixon that this road would not close because so many people used the road.
12. Traffic counts by the DPW show that Moss Street is a thru street for our area.
13. Over the past years there has been a lot of development to the south of us—shopping, schools, etc. which means we are going to use Moss Street as our way to these areas. Again not just Silver Hills but the surrounding area also.
14. Moss Street is used on a regular basis by the trash company, UPS, FedEx and others as part of their routes of doing business.
15. Blair St is NOT properly maintained by the county to FORCE all of us to HAVE to use this road. This road if full of huge pot holes – most of us choose to go out Moss Street instead of going out on Blair because of the condition of the road.
16. County maps and all other Map companies show Moss Street to Oakcrest Circle as a road.
17. Silver Hills community was here long before Oak Acres—we have no problem with the road as it is, we have used it for many, many years without incident. The only problem is oak acres.

18. You are hereby notified of potential liability that may arise to Silver Hills due to the closure of Moss Street exit.

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http://www.change.org/petitions/mr-hamilton-re-open-moss-st