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Heirs, neighbors clash over Cleveland Drive; commissioners take no action
Summary
A public hearing on a request to abandon Cleveland Drive produced conflicting claims: the Boyd family said the road is private part of inherited property; neighbors and county staff said long-term county maintenance created a prescriptive public road. The board took no action.
Burke County commissioners held a public hearing on a request by Victoria Boyd and family to abandon Cleveland Drive, a dirt road at issue between the Boyd heirs and other residents. After hearing multiple speakers on both sides, the board made no motion and therefore took no action.
Victoria Boyd told the board she and family members own the land around Cleveland Drive and said county actions had encroached on family property. She asked the board to…
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