Mat-Su resident says borough contractors buried his property while clearing snow

WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) – A Wasilla resident is taking the phrase “digging out” to the following stage, as a private buddy slowly made his manner down North Engstrom Highway working an excavator to take away drifted snow from driveways.

Unable to get his car out of his driveway since final weekend’s windstorm, William Krostek has solely left his home twice within the final six days. Based on Krostek, plow crews contracted by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough buried his driveway beneath six toes of snow.

“As soon as the wind began blowing all of the snow from the fields throughout the road they began utilizing that snowblower, and simply instantly began blowing snow over right here,” Krostek stated. “And did so for most likely 50, 60 passes a day, for 4 days straight.”

Krostek took practically a dozen movies from inside his residence that reveals crews with industrial-grade blowers plowing Engstrom Highway. The movies exhibit that the blower’s chutes are aimed within the route of Krostek’s property.

At one level in one of many movies Krostek took, snow may be heard hitting the window he was filming from.

After submitting the incidence to the borough’s Downside Reporter on-line portal, Krostek stated the contractor was fairly responsive and returned to his property to clear a portion of his driveway on Monday. The portion that was cleared, nonetheless, nonetheless didn’t give he or his neighbor entry to their autos.

“He truthfully believes that he eliminated as a lot snow as he deposited, which is fairly apparent that’s not the case,” Krostek said, pointing on the partitions of snow surrounding the clearing.

A response from the borough was issued this afternoon.

“We’re conscious of the home-owner’s issues. Workers in our highway upkeep division are evaluating,” the assertion stated. “We’ll comply with up with residents immediately.”

Bored with ready — and leaving on trip Friday — Krostek took the matter into his personal palms and referred to as in a favor to a buddy who owns an excavator. They spent the afternoon clearing the 2 driveways sufficient for each he and his neighbor to get autos out and in.

Krostek indicated that he’ll possible lease gear to clear the remainder of the snow, however thinks there’s a lesson to be realized out of the state of affairs.

“The borough must make some type of restrictions on these snowblowers to allow them to’t simply bury folks this,” Krostek stated.

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