Montgomery County planners review three partial right-of-way abandonment requests; RPC recommends approval

The Regional Planning Commission presented three partial right-of-way abandonment requests to the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners during the informal commission meeting on April 7, 2025.

The commission heard from Regional Planning Commission planner McKenna, who said the first application, AB06/2024, sought a partial abandonment of Happy Hill Acres Road affecting about 0.5 acres and several parcels owned by a single landowner. McKenna said the RPC recommended approval with no conditions and that county departments had no comments or objections.

McKenna described a second request, AB02 (Folk Road), as a near-complete abandonment in Commission District 6, with roughly 0.4–0.5 miles proposed for abandonment while leaving about 0.01 miles to remain as a private drive so the landowner could retain the existing address and billing. He said the RPC and the Montgomery County Highway Department recommended approval and that other county departments had no comments.

The third request, AB03 (Bana Of Wees Road), also in Commission District 6, proposed abandoning approximately 4.9 miles. McKenna said the RPC recommended approval with no conditions and that the highway department likewise had no issues.

Alex Morris of the Montgomery County Highway Department was listed as present to answer questions about the applications, but no substantive questions or formal motions were recorded in the meeting transcript. The transcript records staff recommendations and the commission’s acknowledgement but does not include a recorded roll-call vote or a mover/second for these items.

The county’s action on the abandonments appears to have been handled as routine agenda items; the record in the transcript stops at the presentation and RPC recommendation for each case.

Details on ownership, any recorded conditions for future use, or formal board approval are not specified in the transcript.