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Dearborn County commissioners deny petition to vacate historic right-of-way after public hearing
Summary
After a public hearing with decades‑old maps and testimony from multiple landowners, the Dearborn County Board of Commissioners voted to deny a petition to vacate an unmaintained segment of Old Dog/Gold Bridal Road, citing statutory standards and precedent concerns.
The Dearborn County Board of Commissioners voted to deny a petition to vacate a segment of an historic right-of-way commonly referred to in testimony as Old Dog or Gold Bridal Road following a public hearing that drew landowners, neighbors and legal representatives.
The hearing opened with survey evidence and historical maps dating to the 19th and early 20th centuries, presented to show where the road bed once ran. Attorney Grant Reeves and surveyor Denny Krause outlined aerial photos and auditor’s plats and said the bed appears on records as early as 1937. Dan Sievers, representing Sievers Incorporated, and Jared…
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