Heated public hearing in Covington over proposed sale of South America Street right-of-way in Favreville; no council action on record

A public hearing before the Covington City Council on April 1 drew more than a dozen speakers and sharply divided neighbors over whether the city should sell a 0.82-acre unopened right-of-way on South America Street in the Favreville neighborhood (item 2025-04-02). The transcript does not record a council vote or final decision on the item.

Paul Marrone, speaking for Favreville LLC, urged the council to concur with the planning commission and sell the unopened right-of-way to his clients. Marrone said the parcel is an "unopened right of way" used only as a gravel driveway now, that public safety problems have increased there, and that the sale would allow adjoining owners to combine the land and enable commercial or residential construction.

"The city has no need for this right of way," Marrone said, asking the council to move the request that night. He told the council the owner along Collins Boulevard lost 50 feet to a state widening decades…