‘Can’t do anything!’ cry drivers ‘trapped in their home’ for a week – city gave them no notice change was coming
ROAD work has blocked driveway access for several homeowners for a week.
Deane Loines of Hyattsville, Maryland, 37 miles north of Washington DC, said he was trapped at his house for a week with no way to drive and had to walk or Uber to get places.
ABC 7 NewsDeane Loines was unable to drive his car out of his driveway for a week because of construction work[/caption]
ABC 7 NewsLoines said he received no notice about the road work either[/caption]
ABC 7 NewsThe construction workers were replacing old sidewalks and curbs[/caption]
The road construction affected homeowners with the President of the Greater Landover Civic Association in July 2017, local ABC affiliate WJLA reported.
Loines explained his frustration over not being able to drive and no way to fix the situation.
“I still feel like I’m in prison in my house all weekend,” Loines told WJLA.
“It seems like it’s false imprisonment because I can’t go anywhere unless I walk.
“I can’t move my car, I can’t do anything.”
Loines added he wracked up a bill on Uber and the Metro to get to work.
BLOCKED OFF
The construction was intended to improve the area but came with unfortunate consequences.
Loines said the homeowners were not informed their driveways would be blocked off too.
“They’re putting in sidewalks and curbs. I welcome both of them,” he said.
“But I don’t welcome not being notified.”
The Prince George’s County Public Works Department said not informing homeowners of the construction work was the contractor’s mistake.
Contractors can put up gravel or steel plates for homeowners to access their driveway in these situations.
“We truly apologize,” Public Works employee Paulette Jones told WJLA.
“The contractor should have placed some temporary access for residents to get to their homes.”
The president of the homeowners association, Jeff Johnson, said they have been pushing to get this road work done for years.
And it was meant to be a positive improvement for everyone.
Johnson said he has been trying to go door to door to explain to residents why the construction is occurring.
“I walk up and down the street and knock on doors and trying to talk to people and we do the best we can,” Johnson told WJLA.
We’ve been fighting for these roads for about 15 years now, trying to get streets in here for the safety of my residents.
Jeff JohnsonPresident of Greater Landover Civic Association
“We’ve been fighting for these roads for about 15 years now, trying to get streets in here for the safety of my residents.”
The road construction will create a safer neighborhood for the residents once finished.
“A lot of people were getting hit on the side of the road,” Johnson said.
ABC 7 NewsConstruction workers could have put up gravel or steel plates for the homeowners to access their driveways but they didn’t[/caption]
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