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Board denies some road registry petitions, approves others after public hearings
Summary
After a public hearing the board denied abandonment of 1,500 feet of East Ridge Road citing potential landlocking, approved a ~600-foot abandonment near Polychem with Port & Harbor support, denied adding Whitfield Drive for county maintenance and appointed a committee to study several road additions.
Hancock County supervisors spent a large portion of their June 16 meeting on public hearings over petitions to abandon or add segments to the county road registry and issued mixed rulings.
East Ridge Road: The board heard a petition to remove approximately 1,500 feet at the end of East Ridge Road under Mississippi Code §65-7-121. County staff said the county had maintained the section within the last five years; board discussion highlighted uncertainty about whether abandoning the segment would landlock at least one property owner (James Eastridge). The board voted to deny the abandonment to avoid potentially landlocking property owners (motion carried 5-0).
Polychem/Port area: The board considered a separate petition to abandon…
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