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Commissioners discuss County Road 298 abandonment, emergency access and contract to secure turnaround
Summary
Freestone County discussed abandoning County Road 298 past a locked gate, emergency-access provisions with private landowners, and directed staff to prepare formal abandonment paperwork while authorizing work to secure turnaround access across private property.
The court debated a long-running access issue where County Road 298 ends at a locked gate and ties into private property on County Road 295. Commissioners discussed emergency access, maintenance responsibility, and legal abandonment under the Texas Transportation Code.
A committee member noted that a gate has blocked the road for an excess of…
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