 Appalachian Wireless now has new forward pay prices where you can pay up front and get the data and features you desire. 5GB of data, just $39.99, unlimited, just $79.99, better service, bigger savings. That's today's Appalachian Wireless. Residents who live in the Big Hackney Creek area of Pike County have been forced to travel South River Road since the main bridge, connecting them to U.S. 460 was closed last year. But recent heavy rains and high water have eroded the bank under the road, making travel dangerous. Well, I live right up here, and this is the worst I've ever seen it, and it's a breaking off a little bit every day, and when it rains it breaks off even more. We need to get something done for this road. Pike County officials are aware of the problem, but they say there is no easy solution. And it's a huge problem, and it's really a safety issue, and it's about 300 foot long, and it's a greater expense than the county can handle. We've got that road up on a FEMA deal. Hopefully they will appropriate the money so we can fix it. Pike County Road Commissioner Jackie Darrell Smith says they are hoping that FEMA will approve a disaster declaration from a March flooding event that would fund the repairs. But residents say they are afraid that will be too late. It's only a matter of time before somebody looks away at the wrong time, or the school bus driver gets distracted just for a split second, and that's all it's going to take for tragedy to strike. Knowing that is a possibility, Smith says they have no other option other than closing the road. But the only thing we can do for safety right now, and maybe a injury or a life loss is close the road, because we haven't got the funds to fix it. Residents will now be forced to drive River Road into Virginia to access the only remaining bridge to U.S. 460. Pike County officials say they have been given no time frame as to when FEMA will give an answer on the funding. In Pike County, I'm Shannon Deskins, EKB News.