Grand Terrace Road NEEDS Repair.

Gramps:

Not long ago in 2008 the Riverside Water Company repaired its water treatment and pumping station near the corner of Grand Terrace Rd and Vivienda. This would have been a great opportunity to have the road fixed as required by City Ordinance.

Further South on Grand Terrace Road in the direction of Barton Road, the road is in desperate need of repair. This was put on the back burner because the Redevelopment Agency had an understanding with Doug Jacobsen that he would buy the N W corner of Barton and Grand Terrace Rd and make a mobile home park as replacement for the Mobile Home community he uprooted on Michigan St.

Jacobsen did not build the replacement moderate / low income housing element nor did he repair the road that would have been part of the deal and fees for that development.

Expecting those fees to come in, Grand Terrace Road was put on the low funding priority while neighborhoods with 500,000.00 homes (now 200,000.00 homes) were painted black or resurfaced to look good for real estate value.

Well, what is the value of not causing an accident or injury due to neglect of road maintenance?

Is this once again an example of how the City is planning to Rezone that area so the folks living there get no services until some developer comes in and makes nice with the city?

It looks like the City wants to get rid of the Mobile Home Park and all the homes in that area so it can be developed or redeveloped into "Better Use"... This attitude may be part of the reason they let the road get to the point of breaking up and having pot holes sufficient to cause increased risk to the citizens of Grand Terrace and any driver who uses that road.