LIBERTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - FOX Carolina is getting answers about your Upstate road concerns.Neighbors in Liberty are tired of dodging damage.“It’s like gravel under your car when you’re driving,” Liberty resident, Magali Fuentes said.Between Slab Bridge Road and Highway 178 in Liberty, Red Barn Road starts in Pickens County, but stretches primarily through Anderson County.The road is riddled with potholes, crumbling asphalt, and a bridge that’s been patched time and again.&...
LIBERTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - FOX Carolina is getting answers about your Upstate road concerns.
Neighbors in Liberty are tired of dodging damage.
“It’s like gravel under your car when you’re driving,” Liberty resident, Magali Fuentes said.
Between Slab Bridge Road and Highway 178 in Liberty, Red Barn Road starts in Pickens County, but stretches primarily through Anderson County.
The road is riddled with potholes, crumbling asphalt, and a bridge that’s been patched time and again.
“You see the potholes and think they’re that deep, then you hit them and boom there they are,” Fuentes said.
Magali Fuentes said the Red Barn Road has only gotten worse since she moved here 13 years ago.
Fuentes feels like her tax dollars are going out the window.
“I feel like if I pay my taxes, please fix the road,” Fuentes said.
A Getting Answers submission brought this road to our attention. “If you don’t dodge potholes it will damage your vehicle. This road has not been in good shape for over 23 years. The entire road needs new asphalt. The bridge is always being patched as well as the road itself,” Tab wrote.
Fuentes said she hasn’t noticed any improvements either.
“I haven’t seen anybody working on this road since I’ve been here,” Fuentes said. “It’s bad. We pay our taxes and nothing’s being done.”
The two-mile-stretch is crumbling from start to finish.
“The whole thing should be done over. I mean, everywhere you go you’re going to hit something, even if it’s a small little hole you’re going to hit it,” Fuentes said.
Fuentes said South Carolina Department of Transportation needs to take a look at this road and get serious about fixing it.
“Either that, or give me back my taxes,” Fuentes said.
SCDOT has patched 40 potholes on Red Barn Road in the past year. Despite ongoing maintenance requests, the agency confirmed no long-term fixes are planned.
We’re pressing the agency for answers and will keep pushing until drivers get them.
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