A Letter to Danny Pettus

We've recently seen several complaints about a dangerous situation with a Franklin County Road. According to residents, the county commission has not done its job in two years. What if the commission had failed to act properly in 13 years? Here's a letter to the Lauderdale County Commission from Mr. Hank Thomas of Waterloo:

Danny, it has been 7 months since Doctor Parrish was killed in an accident on Paradise Drive and nothing has been done to eliminate the cause of the crash. We still have blind hills and curves. The signs that are on the road have ivy growing on them and some are not visible. The undergrowth on the sides of the road also block views of oncoming traffic. 

You have said AT&T must move some poles, but we have curves and hills that are blind to oncoming traffic that are not in any way impacted by poles or any utility facility. Please get us some relief. 

We have had 2 deaths on the road caused primarily by the design of the road. We have asked for help for 13 years starting in 2006 and still nothing. The road was widened by a resident of the road at his own expense or it would be worse. When you were elected we thought, now some action would be taken. The citizens living on the road and those that traverse the road deserve better and safer road. 

In closing we had an accident at a construction site on Paradise Drive about 2 weeks ago, and I was told the ambulances could not make it up the road. Thank goodness the volunteer fire department had equipment they could send to assist the injured parties. Look forward to any plans the county has to correct the defects on Paradise Drive. Thanks Hank

Paradise Drive After Latest Widening Effort