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Council authorizes outreach on West Harrisville Road right-of-way after consultants press 99-foot claim
Summary
Consultants told the council that historic deeds and county plats support a 99-foot county right-of-way on West Harrisville Road; council approved statements that let acquisition staff begin formal offers for temporary construction easements while residents and council question whether federal law and later surveys change that boundary.
Consultants and city staff briefed Harrisville City Council on the West Harrisville Road project and the city'9s proposed approach to property compensation, and the council voted to authorize the acquisition team to begin formal offers to affected property owners.
Cody Peterson, project manager for ASI Engineering, opened the work session with a chronology of record evidence, saying the road was deeded in 1885 as a 6-rod (99-foot) county road and that county plats from 1972 through 1996 show a 49.5-foot half-width on both sides. "Everything that I've seen ... shows that, historically, all the lines line up with the 99-foot," Peterson said, and he added that UDOT Region 1 and the UDOT complex'9s right-of-way staff concur with his interpretation.
The presentation identified a small number of parcels that deviate from the 99-foot description because later private surveys or boundary agreements recorded new descriptions. Peterson said the design team intends to rely on the 99-foot historical line when it…
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