Delay in roadwork irritates residents

During a rainstorm last May, a dam failed at a Severna Park country club, unleashing thousands of gallons of water that opened a sinkhole and washed out a community thoroughfare.

More than a year later, the Chartwell neighborhood remains cut in half by the closed road, and residents are beginning to question how it can take so long to repair just a few hundred feet of roadway. The $2.2 million price tag is expected to grow, and County Council Chairwoman Cathy Vitale said she wants a review of how that money was spent.

County officials have offered neighbors completion dates as early as last Thanksgiving, but the deadlines seem...