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River Road and Santa Clara residents urge Lane County to take over maintenance of local access roads
Summary
Residents of River Road and Santa Clara told the Lane County Board of Commissioners that homeowners on so-called local access roads (LARs) bear an unfair and unsustainable burden for maintenance, asking the county to incorporate those roads into the county road system without requiring full upgrade to new-road standards.
Residents from the River Road and Santa Clara area urged the Lane County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday to bring hundreds of local access roads into the county-maintained road system, saying homeowners currently shoulder maintenance, liability and cost burdens that should be public responsibilities.
Several speakers described living on streets classified as local access roads (LARs) where neighbors must organize and pay privately for repairs because the county does not maintain the streets. ‘‘We were not informed that because we happen to live along these roads, we would need to become knowledgeable in their maintenance, somehow organize all of our neighbors, and personally pay for their repair,’’ said Joshua Quiles, a River Road homeowner.
Residents said the problem…
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