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Commissioners discuss private, non-dedicated roads and potential county response
Summary
Trumbull County commissioners and engineering staff reviewed recurring calls about private roads that receive no public maintenance and discussed options including an inventory, township coordination, assessment districts and legal limits on using public funds for private roads.
Commissioners and county engineers spent an extended portion of the May 21 meeting discussing private and non-dedicated roads where residents maintain their own access and emergency responders may be restricted by bridge conditions.
Gary Schafer of the Engineer’s Office said a stretch referenced in an email is a private road and “it's not in our road inventory.” Commissioners noted multiple township examples and said residents often ask who is…
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