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Commission discusses temporary easement and legal route to cut hill for roadway alignment
Summary
Commissioners and road staff debated a temporary easement to cut a hill and straighten a county road, including taking about 0.3 acres temporarily, rebuilding fence lines and the option to seek a court order if negotiations with the landowner fail.
The Duchesne County Commission on March 23 discussed plans to cut a hill as part of a road‑realignment project that would require a temporary easement and, staff said, likely the reestablishment of fence lines after construction.
Commissioner (Speaker 6) and road staff said the work would remove roughly 0.3 acres of material temporarily from a private parcel to straighten the roadway and create a safer intersection. "When they're cutting the hill away, so we got it," one commissioner said, noting the county…
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