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Commission denies petition to replace Bayshore Drive guardrail with gate after residents cite safety and ownership concerns
Summary
Residents of Blue Heron subdivision urged denial of a request to replace a guardrail with a gate to allow farm equipment access; commissioners heard maps and letters, staff said the concrete strip was not accepted for county maintenance, and the commission voted to deny the petition.
Residents of the Blue Heron subdivision urged the Vanderburgh County Commission on Oct. 15 to deny a petition asking the county to replace a guardrail at the end of Bayshore Drive with a gate to allow farm equipment access.
Doug Russell, who identified himself as a Bayshore Drive resident and president of the neighborhood homeowners association, told commissioners he had not observed farmers using the neighborhood for access and raised safety concerns for children and pedestrians because the neighborhood lacks sidewalks. Russell said vehicles entering from the field could bring mud and debris and suggested…
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