For several years, Gainesville resident Don Stroud and his wife have looked out the window of their home on the corner of Pine Valley and Walter Stover roads to see an eyesore. Where Stroud’s property abuts Walter Stover Road, a one-lane gravel spit, a mudhole has formed, a result of rainwater runoff and inadequate drainage. During heavy rains, water pools between the gravel road and railroad ties roughly marking the end of Stroud’s property.