What if you had an emergency but couldn’t get help? It sounds like a nightmare, right? That’s what Younginer Drive neighbors in Lexington have dealt with for 5 months. Younginer Drive off Longs Pond Road is the only access to the neighborhoods of Blueberry, Sweetberry, and Blackberry Drives. It’s a private road that Lexington County pays to maintain, said Lexington County Councilman Bobby Keisler who represents District 5 in Red Bank. Owners Kenneth Bickley and his sister Linda Lybrand sold part of their land to Essex Homes for development. Essex closed its end of Younginer Drive April 9. Because of that, residents have had only a one-lane dirt road by which to enter their neighborhood. Drivers must navigate a narrow 90-degree curve. It allows only one car to pass at a time. Emergency vehicles, fire trucks, school busses and RVs cannot make the turn without driving on private property. Several trees along the road have been hit by vehicles. Ruben Davis has lived on Blueberry Drive since 1974. He told the Chronicle an 18-wheeler bringing in a mobile home was stuck in the curve for days. Essex Homes had to move their road blocks for the big rig to turn around. Residents had no way to get to or from their homes. Keisler agrees that the road is dangerous. He told the Chronicle he is working with the county, Essex Homes and the landowners for a solution. The county’s Public Works Department has approved plans for Essex Homes to re-route Younginer Drive to bypass the dangerous curve and provide a paved entrance. If the county approves the plans, Bickley and Lybrand would have to allow it. They could not be reached on whether they would approve the plan. In the meantime, Keisler says the county needs to widen Younginer Road. But that cannot be done unless Bickly and Lybrand sign off. Once they do, Keisler says, the county will “jump right on making those improvements.”