Ivor Souter, 66, came home to find markings outside his bungalow The passenger pick-up point now sits squarely at front of his home And buses arrive at the stop every three minutes Mr Souter, from Sheffield, South Yorks, said: 'It's absolutely barmy'

By Leon Watson

PUBLISHED: 11:02 EST, 20 March 2014 | UPDATED: 11:10 EST, 20 March 2014

A pensioner says he is a prisoner in his own home after a busy bus stop was placed at the end of his drive.

Retired caretaker Ivor Souter, 66, came home one day to find the yellow bus stop markings outside his bungalow.

Mr Souter, of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, says local services now regularly pull up in front of his driveway - every three minutes.

Retired caretaker Ivor Souter came home from a hospital visit to find the entrance to his home had been turned into a bus stop

The markings take in the entire entrance to Mr Souter's bungalow, making him a prisoner in his own home

It also means the passenger pick-up point now sits squarely at front of Mr Souter's home.

He said he was stunned to discover his local council had extended an existing bus stop to outside his drive.

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BLACK LICK A neighborly experiment has been called off in Burrell Township.

As a courtesy to the Sheetz convenience store that opened in late 2012 along Route 22, the Burrell Township board of supervisors agreed to take down the 10-ton weight limit signs on Lintner Road beside the store.

It was only meant to allow big trucks to turn off the highway at Lintner and use the driveway opposite the busier entrance from Corporate Campus Drive onto the Sheetz property.

Its not working, Supervisor Anthony Distefano said Wednesday.

Trucks have run over curbs, damaged the berm of the road and repeatedly hit a telephone pole at the corner there, said Larry Henry, chairman of the supervisors.

Distefano and Henry voted to put the weight limit signs back up and to ask the state Department of Transportation to post signs along Route 22 to advise drivers of the restriction on Lintner Road.

The limit would be enforced by state police, Henry said.

Henry and Distefano unanimously approved all items of business to come before them at their monthly business meeting. Supervisor John Shields was absent from the meeting.

In other action, the board:

Awarded road maintenance supply contracts, based on bids opened and tabled at a special meeting March 13.

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Lanes on the Cortez Road drawbridge in Manatee County will be intermittently closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. during maintenance this week.

Drivers in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties are advised to use caution in the following areas where the Florida Department of Transportation says road construction or other projects are underway:

SARASOTA COUNTY

Interstate 75 from Sumter Boulevard in North Port to River Road. Crews widening the highway to six lanes. Expect lane closures from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

I-75 at mile marker 174. Southbound inside lane closed from 9 p.m. Thursday to 2 a.m. Friday during maintenance.

I-75 from University Parkway to the Charlotte County line. Expect delays. Crews are installing closed-circuit cameras, roadside sensors and other equipment for an intelligent transportation system.

I-75 overpass at Jacaranda Boulevard. Crews painting the overpass. Overnight, single Lane closures on Jacaranda.

I-75 at Fruitville Road, Laurel Road, Jacaranda Road and Sumter Boulevard. Crews replacing overhead signs. Lane closures between 10:30 p.m. and 6 a.m.

I-75 at Jacaranda Boulevard and Laurel Road. Crews installing lights. No lane closures expected.

U.S. 41 between Shamrock Boulevard and the Lowes entrance in Venice. Southbound outside lane closed from 9 p.m. today to 5 a.m. Tuesday while crews construct a new driveway.

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Forest Hills has become Deforest Hills, a man shoveling snow remarks about the community hes lived in for years. Pointing to his windows, the man says they remain constantly shut. Trees that used to absorb exhaust fumes along the road have been largely cut down, in apparent violation of city laws requiring greenery.

Despite his concern of the lack of trees, the man says he doesnt complain to the Department of Buildings over the violations and chooses to remain anonymous when voicing his opinion.

Honestly Im not looking into getting into anyones kitchen; I wouldnt want them to get into mine, he said.

For community activists throughout Queens who feel that yard violations are becoming a creeping concern to their communities, getting into someones yard (as in their business) at least, is the only way to curb violations.

Whos Violating What?

Enforcement seems to be the bottleneck, said Alex Blenkinsopp of the Woodhaven Residents Block Association about the slow response he says the city has on checking in on the violations.

For Blenkinsopp, implementing yard laws requiring greenery has been an ongoing struggle since the Yards Text Amendments was passed in 2008. Propelled by elected officials such as then-Councilman and now state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Whitestone), who were concerned about the quality of life and the stress to the environment in low-density neighborhoods, the laws restrict what a homeowner could do to his or her outside property.

Prior to the code changes, front yards were not required to be planted but with them, a certain percentage of greenery had to be planted based on square footage, with 20 percent for a yard less than 20 square feet and 50 percent for a yard 60 square feet or greater. The laws also addressed limiting the number of parking spaces, curb cuts and fence height.

Despite Blenkinsopp submitting several complaints to the DOB, which would issue the violations, he says their response is slow and not thorough enough.

One of his grievances over an allegedly illegal curb cut and driveway was dismissed altogether since at the time of inspection, they couldnt locate the illegal driveway, even though the resident had put a sign on his fence demanding that people not block his driveway, he said.

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There are a number of significant benefits to paving a driveway, including better parking, greater curb appeal and the ability to keep the exterior of the home in tip top shape. Paving an asphalt driveway is well within the skill set of most homeowners, but it is important to do plenty of research and determine what is needed to complete the job.

Perhaps the most important part of paving an asphalt driveway takes place before the first asphalt is poured. It is important to lay down a good gravel base in order to have a well functioning driveway. A gravel base between 2 and 8 inches thick is sufficient for most jobs. A base that is either too thin or too thick will produce an inferior driveway, so pay careful attention to the base.

Asphalt itself is a mixture of aggregate, and it contains stones, sand and liquid asphalt cement. This cement is a petroleum product that is heated to the point where it becomes a liquid. This liquid cement and aggregate mixture is poured over the top of the gravel base to create the driveway.

Asphalt will produce a thick, black driveway which absorbs heat in the winter, helping to melt any new snow or ice that falls on the surface. This type of driveway is also quite durable, suffering from a minimal amount of crack damage. Even so, asphalt driveways may not be as durable in colder climates where the ground freezes below the surface.

In order to help alleviate some of the weather damage experienced by asphalt driveway owners, paving companies and construction firms have experimented with the water composition of asphalt in order to achieve more cold resistant varieties. This more weather resistant asphalt driveway is sometimes called a chip seal, and it is made with asphalt in which 30 percent of the liquid cement in regular asphalt has been replaced with water. When the asphalt is laid down, the heat of the asphalt causes the water within the mixture to evaporate, resulting in a more weather resistant finish.

After the water has evaporated from the asphalt driveway, a layer of crushed gravel is then sprayed on top of the asphalt. A special spreader is used to scatter the small pieces of gravel over the newly poured asphalt, and a drum roller is then used to pack down the sprayed-on gravel.

Since the asphalt is still warm, it will hold onto the sprayed pieces of gravel, adding texture to the finished driveway. This is known in the industry as a "chip seal" driveway, and it is becoming increasingly popular.

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March 12, 2014 EKU to host NCAA selection party Sunday evening At EKU Center for the Arts

Anonymous Special to the Register The Richmond Register Wed Mar 12, 2014, 02:50 PM EDT

RICHMOND

Eastern Kentucky University is inviting fans to join the 2014 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament champion mens basketball team for an NCAA Selection Show Party on Sunday.

The event will take place in the EKU Center for the Arts, across the Eastern Bypass from Alumni Coliseum. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m., and the selection show begins at 6 p.m. A free concert by Sundy Best will follow at 7 p.m.

Free T-shirts, provided by Raising Canes, will be provided to the first 2,500 fans in attendance. Fans will have an opportunity to take a picture with the OVC Championship trophy and wear the official OVC Championship net while the 2014 OVC Championship highlight video plays on the big screen.

The team will be introduced and head coach Jeff Neubauer will speak to the crowd.

Complimentary snacks and beverages will be available.

The Colonels (24-9) defeated No. 1 seed Belmont, 79-73, on Saturday in Nashville to win the OVC Tournament and earn the leagues automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

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The 11-mile-long East Lake Sammamish Trail that links the communities of Redmond, Sammamish and Issaquah has been undergoing a structural and cosmetic makeover during the past few years.

A cyclist heads south from paved to gravel section of East Lake Sammamish Trail.

The abandoned BNSF Railroad right-of-way that skirts the east side of Lake Sammamish opened 8 years ago this month as a narrow, gravel pathway that rolls past toney lakefront homes.

Long-term plans call for King County to upgrade the gravel path to a 12-foot-wide paved trail with 2-foot soft surface shoulders its entire length. It would serve as a blacktop link in a trail system more than 40 miles long that comprises the Burke-Gilman, Sammamish River, Marymoor Park, and the Issaquah-Preston trails.

More information is available online at the East Lake Sammamish Trailproject website. You can find Real-time updates online. And an FAQ for the East Lake Sammamish Trail improvements is posted here.

Two sections are complete. They are the Redmond Segment (1.2 miles between NE 70th Street and 187th Avenue NE) and the Issaquah Segment (2.2 miles between SE 43rd Way and Gilman Boulevard).

East Lake Sammamish Trail

Sometime this spring April 21 is the expected start the county will close down the 2.6-mile-long North Sammamish Segment between NE 187th Avenue and Inglewood Hill Road NE to begin the improvements there.

The blacktop will make for easier travel for bicyclists, as well as skaters, and the widening will make the trail safer for more users. Intersections and driveway crossings will be improved as will fencing and sight distances.

Still, I expect the upgrade will change the scenery along the trail, so I rolled over there last week to photograph scenes along the North Sammamish Segment that will no doubt change.

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