Germantown committee backs preliminary Division Road design amid right‑of‑way and utilities questions

Germantown’s Public Works and Highway Committee voted unanimously to endorse staff’s preliminary design recommendations for Division Road, directing engineers to proceed with right‑of‑way and utility coordination and follow up reports to the committee.

The presentation by staff laid out a multi‑part plan for the road that includes acquiring inconsistent right‑of‑way segments, installing storm sewer from Lilac to the Jefferson Ditch to moderate a steep ditch, adding pedestrian crossings at Virginia, extending a walkway between Wendy and Dottie, correcting private driveway access near Donjes Bay Road, and testing speed‑notification signs at key locations.

Staff said right‑of‑way along parts of Division Road is mixed: in platted subdivisions the village has conventional dedicated right‑of‑way, while older parcels show ownership to the road centerline. Staff’s legal review indicated an existing prescriptive right‑of‑way could allow maintenance but not construction of new paths; where paths are proposed staff recommended acquiring formal right‑of‑way.…