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Reader questions: Several years ago when Trimble Road was widened, it looked so nice through that area. Between Marion Avenue and Cook Road now looks awful. Who is charged with maintaining the mowing/trimming along the curb line? There’s even weeds and grass growing out of sewer grates which can’t be healthy for the system. Before that section where all of the medical offices are, it appears that individual tenants along there maintain in front of their business. There are many streets around town that have that same problem and always wondered why Mansfield lets it get that way.
MANSFIELD — Mansfield officials said Friday they will take a look at weedy issues along Trimble Road identified by a Richland Source reader.
The reader, through the website’s “Open Source” section, posted several concerns and questions about weeds and mowing along Trimble Road between Cook Road and Marion Avenue.
Richland Source walked the site on Friday morning and took photos, forwarding them to city officials for comment, including weeds around storm sewers.
Public Works Director Dave Remy said maintenance of the storm drain falls on the city, “whether it be the street department or sewer repair.”
“I will contact the Service Complex to have the drains looked at (and) cleaned if necessary,” Remy said in an email. “The curb area in general would be the responsibility of the adjoining land owner.”
Building & Codes manager Marc Milliron said city crews recently mowed the right-of-way along South Trimble, an effort that was noticed by Richland Source on Friday.
But next to that is a property listed for sale that has weeds with a height that exceeds the limits allowed by the city.
“We’ll get a notice out (to the property owner),” Milliron said.
Remy agreed.
“The lot you are talking about would be the responsibility of the landowner, whomever that is, he said.
City engineer Bob Bianchi was among city officials who looked at the Richland Source photos.
“It appears the debris has clogged the the grate capacity and hopefully that will be cleaned up soon,” Bianchi said Friday afternoon.
“I don’t believe the debris has gotten into the underlying storm sewer that would impact the capacity of the system.”
