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Commissioners hear strong opposition to 10‑foot easements proposed for Stillright Point road‑raising project
Summary
Design staff told commissioners the Stillright Point design will require 10‑foot temporary/permanent easements on adjacent parcels to accommodate utility relocations, drainage and sloped transitions; nearly all speakers from the neighborhood opposed mandatory easements without compensation or more outreach.
Monroe County staff told the Board of County Commissioners on April 16 that the Stillright Point Road Elevation and Stormwater Management Project design requires 10‑foot easements on private parcels in the project area for utilities, inlet structures and to provide safe slopes from a raised roadway down to adjacent properties.
Judy (county planner) explained the rationale in a briefing that showed narrow rights‑of‑way in Stillright Point (some 30 feet or less) and the need for additional room to place inflow structures and to relocate utilities that would conflict with a raised crown. "Higher road is a wider road," she told the commission, noting…
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