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Residents urge pause for Newtown bridge project, raise NAGPRA and property-rights concerns
Summary
Public commenters told the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on March 4 that a planned bridge replacement on Newtown Road would damage private property and a documented Native American site. Speakers requested the county revisit design alternatives including replacing the culvert rather than building a long boxed bridge.
Speakers at the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors’ March 4 meeting urged supervisors to pause a bridge replacement project on Newtown Road, saying it would take or alter residents’ private property and harm documented Native American sites.
Sue Taylor, a resident who identified herself during the meeting, told supervisors the county’s design would “destroy the last years of this woman's life” by replacing a culvert with a concrete boxed structure that would run through a property owner’s front yard. “This woman … has spent $90,000 fighting this county,” Taylor said during public comment, and asked the board to “have some mercy…
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