One resident washing his SUV Wednesday said he was one of the first homeowners

in the neighborhood and that the pothole-filled streets have gotten progressively

worse in the past 18 months.

Mayor Steve Brown called the condition of the streets "horrible."

"They are supposed to turn that over to the city when finished, and

we've told them we're not going to take it," he said.

Tyler said developers have two years from the time they begin work on a

neighborhood to turn infrastructure over to the city, but the construction

must meet city standards.

In the case of Wilshire Estates, Centex isn't scheduled to deed the

development over to the city until February 2005, and it has until then to

correct the problems, Tyler said.

Phase III of the project, called "The Enclave," has been the only

section of Wilshire Estates where infrastructure has been a problem, city

officials note. Phases I and II, located east of Holly Grove Church Road

and at a higher elevation, have had "very few failures," city officials

said.