Chestnuthill Township Board of Supervisors told a resident this week that they can’t help with a problem on her property.

Debra Hague of Pioneer Lane, Effort asked supervisors again about the cul-de-sac on her property. She brought up the problem at a meeting earlier this month.

“I think that what is said here in the minutes does not reflect what I said about the problem with the paved cul-de-sac in front of my property. It is paved on my property and I pay property taxes and school taxes for a section of the roadway that was paved by the township,” she said.

Hague also had another reason for not wanting to be the owner of the cul-de-sac. It was paved and it matches the color on the road, so people assume it is part of road and think is turnaround spot. She was worried that if a crash happened when someone was turning around she would be sued.

The problem is she purchased the property, knowing the cul-de-sac was on her property, but now she doesn’t want it.

After the July 5 discussion on the cul-de-sac, Supervisor Eric Snyder said he would speak with the township’s engineer, Chris McDermott, and the township’s Road Master, David Scheller. Unfortunately because Hague purchased the property knowing the cul-de-sac was part of her property, it will remain that way.

“We did not put that cul-de-sac in. The developer put it in. The township only owns the 40 foot strip of road,” Tim McManus the township’s attorney, told her.

“It was all put in when the subdivision was approved years ago. And that’s on your subdivision plan. It’s in your title,” he said.

Hague said the plans show the cul-de-sac as temporary and questioned why it can’t be changed.

McManus explained the way the temporary cul-de-sac normally works is the temporary cul-de-sac was put on so that if the land beyond hers was ever developed, somebody would come in with revised plans and remove the temporary cul-de-sac to make a road to the new property, but that never happened.

“So the only options that you have right now is to leave it as is, or try to get the subdivision plan amended, which requires all the signatures from all the landowners that have bought on that road. Then nobody can, I don’t think, can stand in the way,” he said.

Pioneer Lane is scheduled to be paved again this summer and Hague has requested they do not pave her cul-de-sac.

Other business

• A motion was made to approve the work on the drainage easements and right of way agreements on Bush Lane, excluding the Snyder property. There were eight bids and Pioneer Construction was the low bidder $564,007.47.

• No bids were received for the tree trimming bids.

•The requested lot joiner-Western Pocono Community Library was approved.

• Heller’s Gas request for final release of the security amount of $10,279.37 was approved.

• The next Chestnuthill Supervisors meeting is at 7 p.m. Aug. 2.