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River Road and other neighborhoods urge Lane County to accept local access roads into county system
Summary
Dozens of residents at the March 18 meeting urged Lane County to incorporate local access roads — residential streets the county classifies as LARs — into the county-maintained road system, saying homeowners unexpectedly bear maintenance responsibility and liability.
Residents from River Road, Park Terrace, Oak Drive, Santa Rosa and other neighborhoods told the Lane County Board of County Commissioners on March 18 that the county’s classification of many streets as "local access roads" (LARs) is unfair and places maintenance and liability burdens on homeowners.
Speakers including Laura Hsu, Joshua Killis, Linda Lovick, Mary Leone and others said they purchased homes without knowing streets were LARs and that their roads look and function like other county-maintained streets. "Private…
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