Fields Road Potholes: A Jackson County Resident's Cry for Help

0:00A Jackson County resident is sounding the alarm on fields road where massive potholes are wrecking cars and bikes. Nancy Bailey, who's called that spot home off Pinkhill between grain valley and oak grove for over 25 years, says the road stays rough. Year round and needs a full repave to stop the damage. She's hit at the county multiple times and last week they passed a few spots but plenty more holes remain untouched. Bailey wants at least the key stretch near Pinkhill, fixed up properly, not just quick band-aids. Drivers are dodging construction elsewhere, flooding fields road with extra traffic that tears it up even faster. That surge is carving deep tracks and making everyday commutes a gamble for locals. The county handles over 425 miles of roads, scoring each one yearly to pick repair priorities. Their latest updates from 2024 show fields road isn't high on the list yet. Bailey's fight highlights how detours strain rural routes, pushing officials to rethink maintenance before more vehicles pay the price. That's your

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