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Council defers right-of-way abandonment after CenterPoint easement questions leave fragment of ROW inaccessible
Summary
Developers asked the city to abandon a right-of-way near Redeemer Church to enable development, but CenterPoint Energy's transmission-line easement concerns led applicants to exclude a small parcel; council declined to approve a partial abandonment that would leave a disconnected island and directed applicants to secure CenterPoint's easement or letter of no objection.
Landowners seeking to abandon a stretch of right-of-way south of Redeemer Church asked the Manvel City Council to approve a narrowed request after CenterPoint Energy identified transmission-line easement concerns. Planning staff and multiple council members said the revised request would leave a small, disconnected pocket of public right-of-way that the city could not practically access or maintain, and the council declined to act until the applicant completes the CenterPoint easement process.
Planning manager Joe explained that the original, larger abandonment request (filed in 2024) had been revised…
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