It's all washed away and gone. Wellmar Heights was one of several neighborhoods annexed by the city in June 1996. The neighborhoods include Drake Park, Evergreen Estates, Hollywood Heights and Montclair. The city has been working to install water, sewer and storm drainage lines in the neighborhoods that have become part of Fayetteville. Construction is causing the biggest mess in neighborhoods that require the most work, such as Wellmar Heights.
Residents live with dust kicked up by the dump trucks and heavy equipment.
Piles of dirt and rock sit in the middle of roads. Cement spikes have punctured tires. Mailboxes have been smashed. Not even city officials thought the work would be this disruptive. Mark Kendrick, the councilman who represents Wellmar Heights, Drake Park and Evergreen Estates, said the communities look like they've been bombed.