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Homeowner plagued by ‘clanging’ noise after his privacy fence busted by stranger – DOT defied 30-year deal & won’t help

A HOMEOWNER has blasted the Department of Transportation for refusing to repair a fence in his backyard, even though they own in.

Dennis Richards suffered through months of noisy nights after a stranger’s car wrecked the fence that was supposed to be in control of the Colorado DOT.

Colorado resident Dennis Richards’ backyard fence was destroyed before Christmas when a vehicle slammed into itCredit: 9news

Richard knew fixing the backyard fence wasn’t his responsibility because his father had sold part of their backyard to the Colorado Department of Transportation in 1996Credit: 9news

But after the accident, neither the City of Aurora nor CDOT wanted to take responsibility for fixing itCredit: 9news

Richards used supplies from his backyard to patch up the hole, and then he called the cityCredit: 9news

Just before Christmas, a car accident happened on Interstate 225 in the Denver suburb of Aurora, right outside Richards’ property.

A vehicle smashed through the fence, leaving wooden boards strewn over his lawn and a gaping hole straight to the highway.

Richards knew the fence wasn’t his responsibility, but getting the right agency to fix it turned into a nightmare.

He told NBC affiliate KUSA that his father had sold part of their backyard to the Colorado Department of Transportation in 1996 for around $17,000.

The agency built the 8-foot sound barrier that still stands there today.

However, after the accident, neither the City of Aurora nor CDOT wanted to take responsibility for fixing it.

Richards said he got nothing but the runaround.

“I’m here with my hands out asking for help,” he said.

“With them, they got their fists clenched, and they’re like, ‘No way.”

Richards used supplies from his backyard to patch up the hole. Then he called the city.

Aurora officials told him the land was either his or the state’s. CDOT said its jurisdiction “end at the crosswalk.”

A CDOT employee even suggested Richards hire a land surveyor to prove the fence was on CDOT property despite an official CDOT marker already sitting on the site.

The months of waiting, uncertainty, and frustration took a toll.

“It’s gone on for months, so it’s affected my life and the stress in my life, for sure,” he said.

At first, CDOT insisted Aurora may be responsible.

But late Monday, the agency finally reversed course.

“While there is uncertainty at this time as to who is responsible for the repairs and maintenance of the fence, CDOT will repair the fence,” spokeswoman Tamara Rollison said.

She added the agency would continue working with Aurora to determine long-term responsibility.

For Richards, it’s been a long fight. His family has lived in the area since 1965, watching it transform over the decades.

“We moved here when you could hear coyotes howl. Mississippi was a two-lane street,” he said.

Now, he says, his peaceful neighborhood has been replaced with something else entirely.

“Now we hear the light rail car that goes over 225. We hear it clanging. We went from coyotes to clanging.”

CDOT has not given a timeline for repairs. But for Richards, the only thing that matters is getting the gaping hole in his backyard fence fixed, once and for all.

Aurora officials told him the land was either his or the state’s, and CDOT said its jurisdiction ended at the crosswalkCredit: 9news

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