Great News! The Contractor responsible for repairing the potholes in town (including on Sassafras) and other repair work has informed us they will be here this week, on Thursday, May 18. We have asked them to start with the potholes on Sassafras.

We apologize for the delay. We have been frustrated, as I know you all have been, with the time it has taken getting these repairs scheduled and completed. Behind the scenes, we have had several contracts to complete this work, but the contracts were not completed, or (with the current contractor) the work was scheduled and had to be canceled due to weather or other factors. Since COVID, we have had a very difficult time, as have many other small towns in NC, getting contractors to fulfill work orders due to a backlog of work and a lack of workers. We have sought out multiple contractors for the work needed in town and have not been able to get companies to respond at all or we enter into a contact with them to not have them completed. Again, this has been an issue for the last several years all over the state, but it makes it no less frustrating.

We look forward to having this work completed and having these potholes repaired THIS WEEK! Thank you!