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Residents press county on orphan roads; board includes $2 million loan fund in FY26 budget
Summary
Several residents urged action on private 'orphan' roads left by developers; speakers cited pending state grants and uneven disclosures by realtors. The board's FY26 budget includes a $2 million fund to loan to neighborhoods for bringing roads to state standards.
Residents from multiple Onslow County neighborhoods pressed commissioners on June 16 to address private “orphan” roads, urging the county to use local and state funding to repair roads developers left unfinished.
Mark Kemp said he represents a subdivision of about 100 homes where residents have long borne road maintenance burdens and said they had petitioned the county in 2018 and received 75% homeowner support for improvements. “We would constantly get told that we have a problem that can't be resolved or fixed by the county,” Kemp said in public comment, asking commissioners to support budget…
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