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Court grants county‑road abandonment request for portion of County Road 318
Summary
After hearing from an attorney for long‑time landowners, Kaufman County commissioners voted to abandon a portion of County Road 318 under state law; the attorney said the road has been fenced and unused for decades.
Kaufman County commissioners on June 3 approved an order to abandon a portion of County Road 318 after an attorney for property owners said the road has not been used by the public for decades.
Christopher (Chris) Bowers of the Suster Law Group in Plano said he represents two family partnerships that have owned the land north of Terrell for more than a century. He told the court that successors fenced the old county road off more than 35 years ago and that the families use the property privately; he asked the court to grant the road abandonment.
Bowers said he filed a request in October and worked with the county attorney, who he praised for assistance. He also noted scheduling constraints that morning because he was representing Rockwall County in another matter.
The court chair said there appeared to be no reason not to abandon the road after staff research and a site visit. Commissioner Lane made the motion to approve the abandonment; Commissioner Moore seconded. The court approved the motion by voice vote.
The record states the petitioner relied on state law that treats a road unused by the public for more than 20 years as abandoned; the transcript references the Texas Transportation Code sections in support of the order. The court did not read a roll‑call tally in the record.
The transcript does not include a detailed legal description of the abandoned segment or a map in the court record; those details are not specified in the meeting discussion.
