UPDATE: Walton Oaks Subdivision
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When residents in a Metro Sub-division complained that they had been left high and dry by the builder and even by the city of Metro, Messed Up got involved.
Residents in Walton Oaks had unfinished streets, open storm water drains and uneven curbs.
The developer tells Messed Up, he ran into financial problems, filed bankruptcy and was never able to complete the job.
The city of Metro never stepped in because technically, the sub division was not finished and subsequently not a part of the city, and not eligible for tax payer funded work.
So here’s where it all stands:
As of 9-10-08, very little has changed in the sub division. The complaints we showed you in June still exist.
But Messed Up has learned that Metro Legal is forcing the sub division builder’s insurance company to take affirmative action.
Below is a letter that mandates action within a certain time frame.
It is slow to be sure, but progress is progress.
What do you think? Will the citizens of Walton Oaks ever get the amenities they were promised?
this is ridiculous— my friend lives down there and they pay Metro Taxes
Metro is quick to take their tax $$$ but not help them out and finish it I bet if Mayor Dean lived there it would get finished–
Have Metro take the builders insurance to court and have daily fines imposed. Or Metro can do the work and charge the insurance bompany for the repairs needed to finish to
city codes.
New contractors came in with bids to repair the problems. The problem lies now with the bonding company trying now to work with metro legal to come up with a lesser number to buy their way out of responsibility. This would leave it in metros hands to repair the problem. With metros financial woes and unskilled laborers, does anyone really think this would solve the problem?? Does the government really ever do anything in a timely manor? please.