BATA Roadwork Updates

*** UPDATE as of 10-22-2025:

 Contractor work continues on road base and drainage. VP completed work on the fencing at the swamp culvert to keep debris from blocking the culvert and flooding the road during the rainy season.  Many thanks to the VP and any community members who helped with this work to keep costs down.  The board also discussed side roads and which are covered.  VP and road committee will check each side road and develop a priority/plan.  See minutes for more details.  Please contact the road committee or VP or send an email to the main BATA email if you have comments or questions.  Thanks and  PLEASE drive slow for safety and to reduce wear and tear on your car.  Your neighbors appreciate you treating them as you would want them to treat you.  See home page for updates.

 The contractors we have talked to, all consistently tell us similar recommendations for what needs to be done to keep a dirt road passable as a dirt road. To minimize potholes in the wet season and dust in the dry season, the road needs more than just periodic grading. We get more potholes where the storm water sits on the road and has no place to drain. If the storm water isn’t purposely directed, we get ruts where we don’t want them. So, the slope of the road and the drainage on the sides are critical. Also, the base of the road and existing potholes need to be turned up, contoured, and repacked. This is expensive work requiring larger equipment, but once done, would make the future maintenance easier to keep up with. Our current contractor is working on these things but we can only fund this on a piecemeal basis.  We appreciate your patience.  

After lengthy research and communications with experts, the Board determined that it was not feasible to try to recoup damages from the recycled asphalt contractor.  Our current contractor has and continues to make improvements on the road and it is much better.  The current board members agreed to never hire Bear Creek Asphalt again and documented this in our minutes for future boards.

No recent updates on the Rasor Road Improvement District (RID).  See the county planning website for information.  Notes and information are posted on the RID page.

TePee Lane has been graded and graveled.  The road committee will be checking other side roads for needed work and develop a priority and plan for contract work.

* Note that not all side roads are the responsibility of the BATA HOA.  All side roads in the original BATA adopted easements are the responsibility of the BATA HOA.  Driveways added by later subdivisions of parcels are maintained by separate agreements among the residents along those driveways.  The side roads covered in the BATA easement map shown in your title documents are covered by the BATA HOA.  These easement documents are also posted on this website under "file downloads."  Covered side roads include TePee Lane, Underline, Rasor Place, Rasor Lane, Baker Court, the first part of Firwood Heights, and the Alderwood spurs that branch off at lots 8 & 9.

The current Board established several committees to split up the work to focus on items of interest to the community.  One of those is the Road Committee.  It is chaired by our Vice President, Mark Case.  Community members are welcome to join any of the committees.  Send an email  to the Board email or reach out to Mark if you would like to join.  The committee  will help with getting bids, reviewing bids, assessing roads to see if they need work, etc. This is not a roadwork crew and doesn't require you to be out on the road working.  However, the Road Committee may help with organizing work parties or making recommendations in that regard.  Thanks to those who are helping and to the many who have helped on the roads in the past!