CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The city of Charlotte City Council approved an agreement between the city and the Metropolitan Transit Commission.
Towns across the area and Mecklenburg County officials said the city of Charlotte needed to do more to address "orphan roads." Orphan roads are publicly used roads that aren’t maintained by public dollars.
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At the meeting, Charlotte City Councilman Ed Driggs approved the proposal.
“The county has taken an interest in this to solve this, and I don’t know what our role might be, and if they want to partner with this and hear us out, I can see a justification in that," Driggs said.
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There are dozens of orphan roads across Mecklenburg County. Orphan roads are created in a few ways. One way is because someone lives in an unincorporated area of the county and road maintenance isn’t covered. Another common type of orphan road is a road that is now public but was previously private.
There's been movement in Raleigh to help areas across the state when it comes to orphan roads. Senate Bill 685 would put $750,000 toward Grand Palisades Parkway to make necessary improvements for it to become a state-maintained road.
Omayra Hernandez has lived on June Furr Road in north Charlotte for five years. She said the road's wear and tear continues to worsen over the years to the point where the neighbors have tried to come together to fix the issue.
"They put little flyers in out mailboxes trying to gain money," Hernandez said. "We didn’t raise enough money to get it fixed.”
Omayra said the road is unsafe at times and has caused wrecks in the past. She said she can hear cars scarping the pavement from inside her house.
On Wednesday evening, MTC will meet with the city of Charlotte on how it will partner to fix these roads.
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