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Committee backs bill letting adjacent landowners reclaim abandoned road easements
Summary
The Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure committee amended and voted to give a favorable report to Senate Bill 42, which allows adjacent landowners to petition local authorities to reclaim easements for abandoned state or local roads, with exceptions for certain repurposed corridors and federally funded projects.
Senate Bill 42, which would permit adjacent landowners to request reversion of easements for abandoned state or local roads, was amended and given a favorable report by the Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure committee.
The bill, introduced in committee by Senator Nelson, would let both owners of land flanking an abandoned road petition the appropriate local authority to return the easement to the adjoining owners. "This bill is simply a property rights bill," Senator Nelson said, describing the measure as applying only where a roadway has been abandoned and not repurposed.
Supporters say the change would let landowners fence and reintegrate former roadbeds into contiguous parcels. "If I was a farmer and on 1 side…
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