Road serves from 30 to 40 residences in the area who own it and rejected turning the mile or so road over to the Town; provides access to upper Vineyard; College wisely built its own road on its own land earlier this year that leads to the vineyard
There is a road stretching about a mile or so from the public Black Hills Drive in Clarkdale into an area called Haskell Springs. It has an old asphalt road that is still owned privately by the 30 or 40 homeowners in the area. Anywhere from 50 to 75 or more vehicles a day may use the road. The residents have refused to give up control of the road to the Town of Clarkdale. As a result, they are responsible for its repair.
Over the years the road, which provides access to the Yavapai Community College’s upper vineyard , has fallen into a dangerous disrepair with potholes estimated at more than a foot deep in some places. These can easily seriously damage an unwary driver’s automobile’s undercarriage. To repair the road, residents set up a private fund raising campaign.
So far, the campaign has raised more than $86,000 dollars in pledges and contributions. Yavapai Community College contributed $11,000. The head of the campaign thanked the Community College but said the College isn’t receiving anything new as a result of its donation.
In what appears to be a wise move by the Community College, it completed construction of a gravel access road to the upper vineyard on the Verde Campus earlier this year. (See photo in April 1, 2021 Blog posting.) The new road will provide students with greater access to the upper vineyard directly from the Verde Valley Campus.