A HOMEOWNER is furious and worried for her safety after city officials continue to ignore a growing danger at her home.
Sheila Pigram of Washington Park, Illinois, has lived on the edge of a cliff for years.
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A few meters from her porch, a sidewalk completely cracked and collapsed, leaving a huge gap in front of her.
A resident battling a health condition that can cause seizures spoke of her growing concerns after city officials failed to take action.
“I could walk by here at any time and have a seizure and just fall over and end up cracking my head. That’s my concern,” she told the Fox News affiliate. KTVI.
“This is really dangerous. Not just for me, (but) for the kids who ride their bikes here.”
“The sidewalks are a joke, they’re falling apart and everything,” another resident added.
“We made calls [to the city] about them, but as you can see, no one did anything about it.”
City officials have been aware of the problem for several years, according to Pigram.
She claimed the workers left last week after several complaints, but they just “had a look around”.
“They’re still not trying to do anything,” the resident said.
Pigram said the situation makes her “feel terrible” as she believes the city is not making any effort to resolve the issue.
However, Washington Park Mayor Leonard Moore says there are numerous problems in the neighborhood that he is trying to solve but is being blocked by others.
When discussing the sidewalk, he agreed with residents that it is a hazard and has been a problem since before he took office.
“It’s not the only one… but it’s something that’s been going on for years and years,” he told the media outlet.
“We’re doing what we can with what we have.”
Moore said he has been fighting “for several months” to get funding approved for solutions like these.
The mayor said the state ordered the board of trustees to give him approval to receive the donations totaling millions of dollars for the community.
This is truly dangerous. Not just for me, (but) for the kids who ride their bikes here.
Sheila Pigram
However, he claims the board would not “vote for me to accept state money.”
Despite these setbacks, the community now has funding for the sidewalk and other issues, Moore told the outlet.
There is still no timeline for the danger to be corrected.
“We’re going to get there…we have millions of dollars specifically for this,” Moore added.
The US Sun has reached out to Washington Park for comment.
Meanwhile, a veteran in Idaho claims he is being forced out of his home of 23 years after a Homeowners Association arrived last year and is charging him $3,500 in fees.
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