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Beaufort County maps 31-year dirt-road program, advances ordinance to formalize ‘legacy’ roads
Summary
County staff reviewed 31 years of dirt-road improvements, outlined remaining unimproved mileage and proposed an ordinance to formalize acquisition of right of way for historically maintained ‘legacy’ roads; committee advanced the ordinance with no objection.
Beaufort County staff presented a 31-year history of the county’s dirt-road paving program and asked the Public Facilities Committee to advance an ordinance to formalize county ownership of so-called “legacy” roads.
The presentation showed the county has improved 317 dirt roads totaling about 105 miles over roughly three decades, with about 195 dirt roads — just over 70 miles — remaining unimproved. Jared, county staff, told the committee, “over the past 31 years, we have improved 317 roads throughout the county … totaling 105 miles.”
County staff said the presentation and the ordinance are linked: the history explains the program’s funding, how right of way has been handled since the 1990s and why the county now needs clearer title on many road segments. “In 1994 … that gave a portion of state gas tax to local governments,” Jared said,…
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