Archer and Wichita County residents take matters into own hands to have road repaired

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WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Residents in Wichita and Archer County are taking matters into their own hands after they say a severely damaged road has continued to cause issues for drivers using the road with no repairs in sight.
For three years now, Archer and Wichita County residents, including Emily Spoelstra, have been battling a major roadway problem.
'This slew of potholes that have become more and more dangerous as time goes on. We moved in two years ago, but for at least the last three years, we've been talking to archer county commissioner Todd herring. Everyone that we can think of to try to get these repaired, but we're really stuck in the middle,' Spoelstra said.
From receiving two different responses from government officials…
'Between what archer county lists our road as, as a private road and what the Texas department of transportation listed as as a public road,' Spoelstra said.
And Spoelstra said even more damage will occur if this problem isn't resolved.
'Over the winter, we've had one car accident that happened when these were all filled with rain and it was difficult to see at night where one car went off the road and nearly hit this power line in that, trash bin of my neighbors, which was really scary for the whole neighborhood. I've had damage to my personal vehicle hitting one of these when there's been another road or another car on the road, and to avoid it,' Spoelstra said.
And until they can get some answers, Spoelstra said the residents in the neighborhood are taking things into their own hands by creating a GoFundMe to raise funds for repairs.
'Then realized that that could make, that could be a legal quagmire for our neighborhood. So then we paused. We're still accepting donations for it, because our next recourse might be to hire an attorney to find what we need to do next,' Spoelstra said.
As of now, they have raised $1,300 of their $1,500 goal.
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