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Penny Blue has spent months pushing for a second exit and a new bridge on Diamond Avenue in Rocky Mount. As PAC chair for the Franklin County NAACP, she said seconds count when ...

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Penny Blue has spent months pushing for a second exit and a new bridge on Diamond Avenue in Rocky Mount.

facebook.com | Oct 22, 2026 5:21 PM

Penny Blue has spent months pushing for a second exit and a new bridge on Diamond Avenue in Rocky Mount. As PAC chair for the Franklin County NAACP, she said seconds count when someone has a heart attack, a stroke or a house fire.

Blue said she recently learned developers platted an emergency access easement in 2013, a legal path to Sycamore Street designed for emergency vehicles if the neighborhood is cut off. She said it was never built. Raven Brown, a resident of the Diamond Avenue extension community, brought questions about the easement to the Board of Supervisors meeting, saying she felt elected officials in Franklin County had not tried to help the people there.

Rocky Mount Mayor Perdue said the easement was news to him and that he had never seen it. The Franklin County Board of Supervisors and the county administrator declined to comment. Blue said the neighborhood is seeking accountability and hopes the county will work with the town, and the NAACP is pushing for a meeting with the board.

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Penny Blue has spent months pushing for a second exit and a new bridge on Diamond Avenue in Rocky Mount. As PAC chair for the Franklin County NAACP, she said seconds count when someone has a heart attack, a stroke or a house fire. Blue said she recently learned developers platted an emergency access easement in 2013, a legal path to Sycamore Street designed for emergency vehicles if the neighborhood is cut off. She said it was never built. Raven Brown, a resident of the Diamond Avenue extension community, brought questions about the easement to the Board of Supervisors meeting, saying she felt elected officials in Franklin County had not tried to help the people there. Rocky Mount Mayor Perdue said the easement was news to him and that he had never seen it. The Franklin County Board of Supervisors and the county administrator declined to comment. Blue said the neighborhood is seeking accountability and hopes the county will work with the town, and the NAACP is pushing for a meeting with the board.
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