Earlier this month Stuart Stroud watched as crews repaired a water main break in front of his Independence home near the corner of U.S. Highway 24 and Overton Street.
Instead of immediately repaving the sidewalk, Stroud says crews placed gravel on the end of it.
.@41actionnews As we were filming the water department showed up. Crews say they're preparing today & will pour concrete on space tomorrow @41actionnews pic.twitter.com/cFzFu5Qim0
— Ariel Rothfield KSHB (@arothfield) April 27, 2017
"My concern is for the people that have to use the sidewalk,” he told 41 Action News, after reaching out for help. "I’ve seen handicapped people come down the sidewalk either in a wheelchair or on those little carts and they have to go clear out into the street."
"That’s nothing but a safety hazard. That’s going to get someone killed,” he added.
41 Action News contacted the City of Independence to find out who was responsible for the earlier work. Less than an hour later, the city’s Water Department was on scene measuring the sidewalk.
According to crews, this corner was on their list of projects to complete.
Crews tell us they've done 22 concrete projects so far this month. This corner was on their list to repair @41actionnews pic.twitter.com/eqc8ZrkU7v
— Ariel Rothfield KSHB (@arothfield) April 27, 2017
So far, this month, they say they’ve done at least 22 concrete repairs and each project takes a couple of weeks to complete.
