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Homeowners find that a street-widening project is reducing their grassy areas near Tahoe Circle.
 Construction crews cut away a section of landscaping as they widen the roadway near small courts off Tahoe Circle. Glenn Moore/Tracy Press
The city is uprooting portions of six grass plots on Tahoe Court, Alpine
Court and Henderson Court,
reducing them by a third, between 3 and 10 feet in some places, to widen the
street for emergency vehicles, said Kuldeep Sharma, the city’s assistant
director of engineering.
The project has been four years in the making, beginning
when people in the neighborhood complained that their streets weren’t wide
enough. Maneuvering bigger vehicles, especially fire trucks, was a challenge on
the narrow roads in the subdivision. Money was not available to fix the problem
then, but now it is, and the city has broken ground, Sharma said.
 A section of landscaping awaits removal off Tahoe Circle. The widening will help emergency vehicles make access to the houses. Glenn Moore/Tracy Press
“I’m not irate about it, but I wish they would’ve got some
feedback from us before they began,” said George Puddy, who lives on Tahoe Circle. “The
kids in the neighborhood played out there, and we would get together on Wednesdays
and bring food and socialize.”
Shane Gore, also on Tahoe Circle, expressed his disagreement with
the project and said fire trucks would not have a problem getting to the houses
on the streets.
 Construction crews cut away a section of landscaping as they widen the roadway. Glenn Moore/Tracy Press
David Nobel, another neighbor, said he doesn’t mind.
“The kids still have enough room to play, and as long as
there’s some grass out there, it doesn’t bother me,” he said.
And Denise McClaine, who has lived on Tahoe Circle since it was built in 1995, said
she was glad to see the road widen.
“There was a design flaw in the first place, and I’ve had
problems with the parking situation,” she said. “Unfortunately, we’re losing
the grass, but it’s a good thing for emergency vehicles and parking.”
The Tahoe Circle widening project will be completed sometime
about Halloween and will cost $204,007.
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