ATHENS, Ala. — Construction for new homes and developments is underway in Athens. However, one community nearby feels left out.
FOX54's Keneisha Deas spoke with residents who say they still need improvements in their neighborhood.
For Athens resident, Kirk Parker, this community is home.
"I've lived here on Lindsay Lane for mostly all of my life. This is one of the oldest, oldest neighborhoods in Limestone County," said Parker.
However, Parker believes his community on Lindsay Lane and Strain Road, could be better. "They're complaining about people almost getting run over because we don't have the sidewalks. We don't have the speed bumpers. We don't have the street lights. Things that we should have."
"I've been patient. I've never complained about anything," he added.
Parker also believes his community is left out of all the new developments close by. "The new people that are coming in, they're preparing more for them than the people that are already here."
He said his neighborhood is still connected to septic tanks, although a sewer line has been installed.
"You can see, this is here where they run the sewer line, all the way from Browns ferry Road. If you look across there too, there's a new neighborhood being developed right over here."
When it rains real hard for Luke Street resident, Sharon Wilson, she said it's difficult to leave her home. "You can't get down off the steps."
"The water gets very, very hard here," said Wilson.
Wilson believes that the new developments surrounding her community is affecting her and her mother's way of life. "We get out the shower and I go back in there, the water backed up into my tub."
"It seems like around my house, I have plungers like basically all over my home," she added.
FOX54 News reached out to City of Athens Mayor, Ronnie Marks, on flood and road issues. We're waiting for a response.
As for sewer issues, the Athens City Water Services Manager, Jimmy Junkin, said an analysis was done for the sanitary sewer on Luke Street.
He said it is a remote area, and the high-pressure sewer line is one that's not readily hooked. The city has looked at some high pressurized solutions, but he says they are expensive and will require some grant funds.