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Dearborn County tables two right-of-way petitions; parties urged to negotiate, staff to draft policy
Summary
The Board of Commissioners voted Jan. 6 to table competing petitions to use or improve county rights of way at Dog Ridge/Old County Road and an Old Houston Road access request until Feb. 17, directing staff to research legal history and develop a policy and urging neighbors to seek a negotiated solution.
The Dearborn County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 6 voted to table two requests to use county rights of way — a contested petition for access along Dog Ridge (also referenced as Dahlbridge/Duckridge in public filings) and a separate request for Old Houston Road off Bloom Road — until a Feb. 17 meeting to allow further research and negotiation.
At the Dog Ridge hearing, Krausz of JDJ surveying told commissioners the applicants sought permission "to upgrade their right of way for access" and said he had located an 1857 deed and historical minutes suggesting longstanding public use. Attorney Jared Eubank, representing Grackle Properties LLC and the Seavers, said his clients had executed an agreement to maintain the road,…
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