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Residents urge Jackson County to address failing dirt roads and blocked access
Summary
Residents and farmers told the Board of County Commissioners that narrow, overgrown dirt roads are preventing safe passage for modern agricultural equipment, school buses and emergency vehicles; commissioners asked staff to inspect problem locations and noted legal and fiscal limits to quick fixes.
Residents and farmers pressed the Jackson County Board of County Commissioners on persistent safety problems on rural dirt roads, saying narrow lanes, overgrown trees and fences moved into rights-of-way are creating hazardous conditions for farm equipment, school buses and emergency responders.
"Is that too much to ask?" said Mr. Hasty, a longtime resident who described a historic route now narrowed by encroachment and erosion, and said modern six-row agricultural equipment can no longer pass safely. Multiple other residents and commissioners described similar problems across the county’s agricultural north and southeast.
At a public comment hearing, Gladys Pittman…
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