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New Cummings Road Opens
 James Cummings would not recognize the new road that bears his name. In the 1930’s, when he acquired most of the property adjoining the French Broad River between Rt. 64 and Hebron Road, the road was little more than a cow path on the way to his cattle ranch. Fifty years later, that ranch became the 650 acre Cummings Cove Golf & Country Club. As the golf course community grew in the 1990’s, so did the necessity to improve Cummings Road, a 2-1/2 mile long road from Rt. 64 to Hebron Road.
(At right: James Cummings in 1940's at his Cummings Road Ranch)
Aaron Powell, Acting Resident Engineer with North Carolina’s Department of Transportation, said: “The $3.9 million Cummings Road project began more than ten years ago with surveying, engineering and acquisition of right of way.” Mark Gibbs, D.O.T. District Engineer, spearheaded the project when construction funds were budgeted in 2005. Gibbs said: “The driving force behind the project was to reduce flooding by raising the road two to six feet. In September, 2008, Cummings Road was closed to begin grading and widening of the road. Powell said: “The old road was 20 ft. wide with a lot of dips and bends and no shoulders. The new road is 22 ft. wide with 6 to 9 ft. shoulders and over 9,000 ft. guard rail.”
 The unusual amount of rain this summer pushed the French Broad River beyond its banks and delayed road work, but it also gave the engineers the opportunity to test the increased road elevation and make adjustments where necessary to minimize future flooding. Gibbs said: “Cummings Road is one of the best secondary road improvements in Henderson County.”
(At left: Cummings Cove Director of Sales Roger Hill (far right) congratulates Cummings Road Project Superintendent Kelly Vess and his Tennoca Construction Company crew: (left to right) Wade Penley, Andrew McCarson, Jonathan Vess, Doug Jones, and Kelly Vess.)
According to Powell: “Some relocation of water and gas lines on Cummings Road will be done this winter by the City of Hendersonville and PSNC. The work will not require closing of Cummings Road, but there will be lane closings while the work is in progress. A final surface coat will be applied to the road next May to finish the Cummings Road project.”
Cummings Cove Golf & Country Club now has 3 entrances. The golf and clubhouse entrance is on Cummings Road, 1.4 miles from Rt. 64. The main entrance is on Hebron Road, just east of Cummings Road; the sales and administration center is located there. The newest entrance is from Battle Creek Road in Horse Shoe to Cummings Cove’s Mountain Top neighborhood, the 275 acre section at the pinnacle of Cummings Cove with expansive Blue Ridge Mountain views. |
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