Survey shows county maintenance of Sunset Ridge Road ends 2,290.4 feet west of Highway 117; officials asked to clarify termination point

A county speaker told the Uvalde County Commissioners Court that a recent survey shows the countymaintainance responsibility for Sunset Ridge Road terminates 2,290.4 feet west of Highway 117, and that the countyhas an easement grant from the early 1980s that governs the limit of maintenance.

The request to the court was straightforward: formally acknowledge the surveyed termination point so the countyroad crews will not continue routine maintenance past that boundary. Speakers said a private gate had been built beyond the surveyed termination point, and that several adjacent property owners hold private easements covering parcels beyond the county's maintenance limit.

The presenters described steps taken to confirm the termination point, including coordinating two surveyors to avoid disagreement about the location. The meeting record notes a reported measurement of 2,294 feet in one survey and an attorney's figure of 2,290.4 feet west of Highway 117; the presenters said the county will rely on the latter for defining maintenance responsibility.

Speakers explained that any adverse-possession claim to extend public maintenance would be a private civil action and that the county would not initiate such a lawsuit. Officials also described a narrow strip of land between the public termination point and privately held easements that has created uncertainty about maintenance and access.

No formal vote to change the countymaintenance line was recorded in the provided transcript segment. The court was asked to "simply say, our road ends here" so that road crews and county records reflect the surveyed termination point.

Next steps reported at the meeting included providing the survey to interested property owners and clarifying, in county records, the precise termination point so that future maintenance and gate installation occur only within the county's easement.