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The Stokesdale Town Council approved a water line extension and heard from a resident concerned about parking on state-owned streets during a meeting that lasted less than an hour.

The water line extension is an agreement between the town and Haw River Holdings to extend the water line onto the company's property, where a new Food Lion will be built.

The lines eventually would belong to the town.

"We're receiving a benefit by extending our water line at (Haw River Holdings') expense," Mayor Randle Jones said.

The agreement was approved unanimously by the council.

The council also heard from Stokesdale resident Howard Jones, who is president of the homeowners association for the Weatherstone community.

Jones said parking on the state-owned and maintained streets in the neighborhood, which act as a cut-through to N.C. 68, is creating a potentially dangerous situation.

Without speed bumps or posted speed limits, drivers are swerving around parked cars to avoid hitting them.

Because the streets are within the Stokesdale municipality, state law prohibiting such parking does not apply. Jones urged the council to consider an ordinance to address the situation.

Mayor Jones said such an ordinance likely would affect other neighborhoods where street parking is not a problem.

He referred the issue to the public safety committee and suggested focusing on the speeding problem first.

Contact Kavita Pillai at 373-7157 or kavita.pillai@news-record.com