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Greenwood County Council directs staff to write road-addition policy after heated debate
Summary
After hours of debate over costs and homeowner impacts, Greenwood County Council voted 5–2 to direct staff to draft a formal policy and procedure for requests to add private roads to the county-maintained system, following a failed motion to categorically refuse future road additions.
Greenwood County Council voted to direct county staff to develop a formal policy and procedure for evaluating requests to add private or developer-built roads to the county-maintained network, after a lengthy discussion about paving cycles, funding and homeowner expectations.
Public Works Director Rob Rush presented staff’s analysis, saying the county’s pavement cycle currently sits around 35 years and that improving to a 25-year cycle would require additional funding. Rush told council that, without extra state or local funds, the department does not have the capacity…
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