Repairs Expected Monday On Washed Out Road

Alabama Mobile Neighbors and motorists say the problem is frustrating and inconvenient.

by Steve Alexander

Published: Fri, April 03, 2009 - 7:43 pm CST Last Updated: Fri, April 03, 2009 - 8:00 pm CST

Mobile County officials said construction crews should be on the scene Monday fixing that stretch of Old Pascagoula Road that washed away after heavy rains last weekend.
Blinding rain kept drivers from seeing the washed out road.
However, Joelean McDuffie, who lives on Old Pascagoula Road, said, now, too many people are seeing it.
She said many people are coming to look at it.
McDuffie said its often "nosy, busy bodies that don't have anything to do. They stop right here. They bring cars in."
McDuffie told a story of one group she saw.
She said, "The other day, they brought a carload of kids and let them wade in there (the water) with all the snakes. There are moccasins everywhere in there."
The washed out road is inconveniencing motorists, too.
Lee Tunstall of Theodore said, "It's been a pain since it has (been) out. We have to go all the way around: three miles to work turned into nine miles."
On Wednesday, the Mobile County Commission approved money to fix the road.
Commissioner Mike Dean said crews have already done preparation work at the site, but repairs start Monday.
He still hopes to have the repairs done in two weeks, but he said, "We do know that we got a little rain coming, but we're going to do the best we can."

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bamagurl Says:

Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 5:50 pm

As am I tired of driving on that dirt road or all the way to 90 or ben hamilton just to go somewhere. The reason that road don’t flood is because no one has messed with it and it gets taken care of…he would mess it up.

I sure hope everyone remembers this come votin time!

commsense Says:

Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 5:46 pm

thanks ... I am tired of driving around thats all

it seems Dean has all the great ideas
I have one for him

why don’t he just finish paving the road that runs from March to McDonald along side I-10
where the new Kenworth dealership is ?

heck , it has more traffic than Old P’Gula
ever since he started messing with things anyway .
I’ve never seen it flood .

WAIT ! they might change that too ! nevermind .

bamagurl Says:

Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 5:30 pm

Amen, Commsense! You hit the nail on the head!

commsense Says:

Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 5:26 pm

and Dean wants to build a park and run the bait shop owner off the property when he can’t even build a decent road for us to drive on .

before they put in the “pipes” to drain the water
(which by the way took about 6+ months to complete)
the water ran across the road in a couple of places but only during a real hard rain .
everyone knew it and it didn’t bother people so bad , we knew not to drive through it .

then we get the PIPE ,and a detour for months
and then what happens the 1st time it rains hard ?
right where the pipe was installed the road washes away .

Mike Dean needs to leave stuff alone !
stupid idea’s seem to be his calling card .

if he can’t build a drainage pipe that will survive a rain storm what makes him think he
can build a park on the bay that will survive the
storms that come from out of the Gulf ?

that park will relocate itself to Axis the 1st
time bad weather hits .

come on Mike ! get your head out of the shade !

bamagurl Says:

Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 5:26 pm

I live on March Rd right around the corner and I would like to know if they are going to do anything about what caused the road to wash away in the first place or just put a “patch” on it and pray it doesn’t happen again…does anybody remember what it was like before they fixed that section further down the road before the cemetary?
We used to wonder if the road would be open every time it rained hard! I sure hope they actually fix the problem also!

mcnazzt Says:

Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 10:00 pm

Thank the Good Lord for reporter Steve Alexander.Its nice to know that someone like him is sticking up for the people in this part of the county.I know with this report Mike Dean will leave Dick Russells a little earlier Monday morning, and pass the fire to the Public Works Dept,that Steve lit under his commission chair. Keep the torch lit Steve.