Landowner urges decision on County Road 310; commissioners defer and reschedule

A landowner asked the county commissioners to make a permanent decision about County Road 310 after roughly seven years of uncertainty, saying the unresolved status prevents finishing a retirement ranch fence and limits access to equipment. The landowner asked the court to either accept maintenance responsibility, abandon the road, or sell it so a private owner could repair it. County officials explained several legal options discussed in the meeting: maintain the road as a county asset, abandon it (which would deed the closed portion down the middle to adjacent owners), or close and sell a portion after appraisal or broker opinion. The county judge and staff said the court is not legally obligated to maintain the road and that abandonment, sale, or posting notices are among the available options. The judge also said staff could begin the procedural steps after the court decides a policy direction. The landowner said he had paid about $1,800 for background survey research (documents back to 1942) and said he could hire local contractors to repair the road if ownership were transferred. He said some neighbors have frontage on County Road 292 and would not be landlocked by a change. Commissioners and staff discussed that closing a road can split title, that survey monuments were not found on the subject portion, and that outreach to property owners had been attempted but personal service may not have been completed. The court announced: "take no action" at the meeting and reschedule the item for the next commissionerscourt so the court members can decide whether to abandon, sell, or otherwise proceed. No final sale or abandonment was authorized in the transcript excerpt.