BELTON (January 27, 2012)--The mother of a local special needs teenager no longer has to go an extra mile to make sure her daughter is dropped off somewhere safe after school because the road leading to her home is too torn up for the school bus to use.

Three days after News Ten did a story about the plight of Pryscelda Mendoza, 16, the City of Belton contracted with a local company to repair the road.

The bus picked up the girl at her home the next day

Before the repairs, the end of Tanglewood Circle near Belton was a muddy mess full of potholes and the school bus that dropped off the teenager couldn’t go past a location near U.S. Highway 190 about a quarter of a mile from the teenager’s home.

Pryscelda has cerebral palsy, autism and silent seizures, and her mother, Candice Waugh was worried about her daughter's safety.

The girl was dropped off temporarily at the home of a relative.