Road Repair Status Update

Overview

The plan is to utilize Catawba County’s Street Improvement Project to repair the roads to NCDOT standards and pass ownership of our private roads to the State. The estimate for the entire project is $270,625.25; divided by 46 parcels brings it to $5883.16 per parcel. Catawba County has provided the following, for reference: a map of the neighborhood where areas needing attention are marked, a petition sheet for each homeowner, the petition the county will submit to NCDOT on our behalf with the project summary, and the detailed cost estimate. View these documents by visiting https://go.mountaincreekridge.com/roads

We need 75% of parcels to be included before the County will move forward with the project. We have 46 parcels total in the neighborhood and 7 of those are Association owned. A completed petition requires notarization of signatures from all owners listed on the GIS. Notarized petitions are due on March 31, 2025.

Petitions received as of 3/31/2025: 35/46
(75% needed to move forward)

Road Repair Timeline

Updated 11/6/2025

  • November 10, 2025: Midstate Contractors, Inc. to begin milling and repaving.

  • October 1, 2025: Midstate Contractors, Inc. to remove trees in preparation for road milling and repaving.

  • July 21, 2025: Catawba County Board of Commissioners approved the contract award to Midstate Contractors, Inc. https://catawbacountync.gov/site/assets/files/2297/7_21_25_agenda.pdf

  • June 2, 2025: Catawba County Board of Commissioners approved adoption of the Final Assessment Resolution of this project and the bid process can begin. https://catawbacountync.gov/site/assets/files/2297/combined_6_02_25_agenda.pdf

  • June 2, 2025: Public Hearing at the Catawba County Board of Commissioners meeting, 7pm on the 2nd floor of the Justice Center located at 100 Government Dr, Newton, NC 28658. The MCRPOA Board will be in attendance.

  • May 5, 2025: Catawba County Board of Commissioners (BOC) Meeting Preliminary Assessment Resolution approved.

  • April 16, 2025: Email Update from Pete Shonka, “I have everything that I need to move forward so the next step is to get the Board of Commissioners (BOC) to pass a Preliminary Assessment Resolution. This should make the BOC meeting agenda for May 5th. There is no need for you to be there for this. If the resolution passes then there will be a public hearing at the June 2, 2025 BOC meeting. You will probably want to be present for that. June 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM in BOC meeting room on the 2nd floor of the Justice Center (Located on Government Drive in Newton). If everything goes through then we will bid the project in June/July and probably award in August or September. It’s possible the paving could happen this fall or it could get bumped to spring 2026.”

  • April 9, 2025: Jeff Kanipe, Division 12 District 3, NCDOT Engineering Tech III emailed acceptance, “I have reviewed the map and petitions that [Pete Shonka] brought down the other day and I have verified that the calculations on the road frontage and the number of signed petitions meets the minimum 75% criteria.”

  • April 7, 2025: Petitions submitted to NCDOT for review

  • April 1, 2025: Packet of notarized petitions picked up by Pete Shonka