CLINTON — Clinton resident Seth Redington addressed the city council on Oct. 1 about what he claimed was an unpaved street the city previously did not acknowledge.

“I’ve had this map for over 30 years,” Redington told the council.  “I went to Taylor abstract to see if they had it on file, and they do.”

Redington has approached the council several times about Jemima Lane, which, until recently, was an unpaved, grassy area.

Redington said the area was developed as the McGraw edition in 1873, “and it clearly states there was a street there for all these years,” he said.

“Over three years ago, I asked to have a road put back there and maintain it,” Redington said.  “It’s been a battle, it’s been a struggle, knowing the whole time I had this; the city had their own maps.”

He said, if council members had researched, they would have known the history of the street.

“There are all these documents out there that show it’s a street and always has been a street,” Redington said.  “In the mid-90s, the name got changed, but it was still a street.”

He told the council everyone in the area was grateful it had  finally been paved.

“But, I came in here for three years and heard the commissioners state that it was not a street,” Redington said.  “In the future, I hope you all do your homework.”