Have you ever wondered who takes responsibility for overseeing the maintenance of the primary 26 miles of roads in our POA? Answer: The LCPOA Road Committee. This is a dedicated group of 11 members who volunteer uncountable hours to this community. This committee includes recognized experts on roads who provide invaluable (and free) oversite. You will often see our dedicated road committee volunteers inspecting our roads and checking for adequate drainage even during downpours.

Typically, the road committee, with assistance from paid consultants, devises an annual plan for the upcoming year which helps to prioritize road and drainage needs and costs. That scope of work is put out to bid with a dozen or so qualified contractors. All conforming bids are reviewed by the committee and recommendations are documented. Just the process of getting bids is a huge undertaking. Once that documentation is complete, the information is forwarded to the five board directors and a vote is taken to move the project forward. Because the process takes at least half a year to complete, the road committee chair provides a monthly committee report to the LCPOA board, so they are kept appraised of the committee’s progress on all road activities.

There have been a few postings on social media that our road maintenance was being ignored. Some blamed our volunteer road committee for not doing their job. That was not the case. The 2024 annual road plan was timely submitted to the board for approval in 2024. Unfortunately, two 2024 board members, took advantage of the hospitalization of the then president and voted ‘Nay” to allow the project to move forward. That created a 2 to 2 standstill which was not resolved until the new board was seated after the October 2024 election. By the time the project could get underway, we were in the rainy season which meant the road repairs needed to wait until the spring of 2025.