A mother and son were left in their regional NSW house after their driveway was sold without their knowledge.
When Dale and Micah Phillips bought their property in Tarana, northwest of Sydney, 17 years ago, they had access to two 'paper' or 'crown roads' – weighs that only exist on cards.
But Mrs. Phillips said that the NSW government has since sold one of the roads to a neighbor.
The other route was in poor condition and would cost $ 250,000 to make it safe, according to the Lithgow municipal council.
“I even have a bulldozer to do it myself, but got a hard no (from Crown Lands),” Mrs. Phillips told a current affair.
The council refuses to repair the road – and crown countries do not allow Mrs. Phillips to be private.
As a compromise, Dale and Micah had access to their property by driving over the paddock of a neighbor cow.
“If it rains, the paddock becomes too slippery and we don't go out,” said Mrs. Phillips.
Dale and Micah Phillips bought their property in Tarana, northwest of Sydney, 17 years ago
Once the building was legally accessible by two paper roads that were owned by the crown
In one case, Mrs. Phillips de Ses had to call for help when her son was black from a medical state, because the ambulance had no access to their property.
“It was so scary that day,” she said.
“Please come here and solve the problem.”
Now even the neighbor has decided to cut the access, so the couple did not leave an alternative.
Dale, who has a limitation of vision, lobby the Staatslanden and Minister of Property Stephen Kamper to have the council acquire the unsafe track.
The Minister of the Minister will transfer the access path from Staatskroonland to come under the auspices of the city council so that they can upgrade it.
“Crown Lands has collaborated with Mrs. Phillips, her lawyer and the Lithgow city council to find alternative solutions for her to gain legally and practical access to her property,” the department said in a statement.
“Crown Lands will initiate the transfer of the Crown Road Corridor to the Lithgow municipal council to offer a solution for Mrs. Phillips.”
Dale and Micah have had access to their property by driving over the private cow -path of a neighbor
But the council has argued that it should not pay the bill for the upgrade, and instead wrote to crown countries to ask them Mrs Phillips to allow the road at their own expense to repair the road.
“If this is approved, we will collaborate with the resident to discuss the scope of the work and how this can be financed,” said the Lithgow city council in a statement.
“We don't want to see this resident left behind.”
The Council argued that it does not have the budget and that it had a 'substantial disadvantage of maintenance and renewal work'.
Mrs. Phillips admitted that it would be easier if she sold her house, but doubted whether someone would buy the property.
“Who would buy a house without a driveway?”
In response to questions, Mr Kamper Daily Mail Australia said that his department 'had heard the concerns of Mrs. Phillips'.
“I instructed the department to initiate the transfer of Land to the Lithgow municipal council to deliver a solution, as the relevant road authority in the area,” he said.
