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County withdraws permit, halts private fiber work while easement rights are researched
Summary
Adams County told a private broadband firm to stop work and withdrew the county-issued permit after questions surfaced about historic right‑of‑way and easement rights along Winchester Road; county staff said further action depends on the contractor and on research into handwritten county records.
Adams County commissioners told a private company to stop work on a fiber line that crossed county roads and withdrew the county permit while staff investigate whether the county has the easement authority to allow the installation. County officials said the contractor will need to determine whether it will proceed by working with individual landowners and that the county is not acting as an intermediary between the company and private property owners.
“We told them to stop,” a county staff member said during the meeting when asked about the status of the project. Meeting participants described the action as a withdrawal of the…
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