Residents seeking Cochran fixup

Email To A Friend
Printer Friendly
Comments

---

As taxpayers, we and several other families in our area have been proud to let friends and relatives know what a lovely community we have in Aurora.

However, to dwellers in the Lakes of Aurora and especially those who use Cochran Road, it has become an embarassment to have visitors see the mass of rubbish and dead trees, and deplorable condition of the road.

It's crumbling and in places is so pitted there is hardly room for two cars to pass. Potholes are damaging vehicles. Cochran is no longer the back road it was in former days.

The large number of homes and condos built now use it as their main connection to Route 82. Patches are no longer viable because of the heavy amount of traffic.

While it is nice to discuss clocktowers, flower gardens and sidewalks that go nowhere for the next 20 years, it seems our priorities should be to maintain what we already have.

While the city spends tax dollars working on private roads and paving some streets for a second or third time, Cochran gets pushed to the back of the to-do list year after year.

I know many taxpayers believed when the road levy passed several years ago Cochran would be one of the first roads done. But every year, we're told it's too expensive.

The job will not be less expensive next year or the year after. If it had been done when promised, it probably would've cost a fraction of what it will now.

We urge taxpayers with similar concerns to contact Council reps and the administration or attend the April 28 Council meeting at 7 p.m. to express concerns directly.

It's not only a matter of looks, but a serious matter of safety.

Pete and Terry Gugliotta, Aurora