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Residents ask Delaware County to delay vacating two bridges as family readies farm auction
Summary
At a public hearing Nov. 17, family representatives urged Delaware County commissioners to postpone two proposed bridge/road vacations — one near East Wade Street and one on County Road 200 West — citing pending land auctions, potential multiple buyers and uncertainty over access; commissioners introduced but did not adopt the ordinances to preserve public comment time.
Delaware County commissioners opened a public hearing Nov. 17 on petitions to vacate two bridge-related rights of way: a bridge on East Wade Street behind the Muncie Sanitary District facility and a bridge near County Road 200 West north of County Road 400 South. County staff explained notice had been published and described the parcels in question.
Mara Hopwood, representing the Miller family, told commissioners the family patriarch recently died and the heirs plan a January auction of roughly 218 acres across five tracts. Hopwood asked the…
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