BOONE COUNTY, Ky. (WKRC) – Friday’s snow adds insult to injury for residents of a local apartment complex.
An untreated slope has made it tough for help to get in or residents to get out.
Tenants at Burlington Terrace Apartments dread leaving their snow-covered parking lot. Some park at the top of the hill and walk down with their groceries.
“It’s too cold to walk from the top of the neighborhood down here,” said one resident.
Those who dare to park at the bottom must go up again at their own risk.
“Right here the incline starts even more, so if you go any further than this, your chances of getting back up are slim to none,” resident Chance Miller said.
Miller said Sunday’s snowfall has compacted and frozen. The only cars he’s seen successfully leave the scene have four-wheel drive.
“We come out and we try to push everybody. He actually just took somebody out because they didn’t have four wheel drive in their truck that worked,” said resident Shaylnn White.
“Last night, there were seven people out here with shovels, getting a truck out, just a little pickup truck, because he couldn’t even get out,” resident Samantha Minors said.
Minors have lived at the complex for 8 years. She said the parking lot is never plowed enough or salted when it snows. Instead, residents just have to wait for it to melt.
“I have videos of semis getting stuck here, garbage men, FedEx and other residents. No one can get in or out,” Minor said.
Miller said he’s worried about his girlfriend, who hasn’t been able to get her medication delivered.
“Especially my girlfriend, and I’m sure other people here, they get their medicine delivered. (It’s) medicine that they need for their livelihood, and that’s not delivered because the postal people can’t come back here, so it’s directly affecting human health at this time, Miller says.
Minor is not sure what she will wake up to Saturday morning but knows she has to get to work.
“I have to be there bright and early, so yeah, and I’m afraid I’m going to have to help push my best friend’s car out, too,” Minors said.
Local 12 called and emailed MLP Management Company, which oversees the complex. Residents have also done so, but so far have no answers.
