Commission conditionally approves Trooper Lane abandonment after public hearing

After a public hearing on July 6, the Coffee County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a resolution to abandon a roughly 1,645-foot stretch of Trooper Lane, contingent upon the conveyance and county recordation of the necessary right‑of‑way deeds.

Resident Stanley Evans told the commission the road serves his family and asked the board to approve the abandonment subject to his family acquiring 20 feet of roadway from adjacent landowners and assuming maintenance responsibility. County Attorney Tony Rowell advised the commissioners that the abandonment should not become effective until the deeds are presented to and recorded by the county; the commission agreed and instructed county staff to return the final documents for a ratification vote when conveyance is complete.

Commissioner Ted O’Steen moved to approve the abandonment resolution and Commissioner Jimmy Kitchens seconded; the motion carried unanimously among the four commissioners present. The resolution directs that the abandonment is not effective until the county receives and records the deeds that establish the Evans family right of way.

The next procedural step noted in the meeting minutes is for the Evans family to deliver the required deeds to the County Attorney/Clerk for the commission’s final ratification. The transcript does not specify the names of the adjacent landowners or the timetable for deed conveyance.