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Harney County schedules field hearing for disputed East Steens Road realignment near Andrews
Summary
After decades of discussion over a proposed realignment around the Andrews townsite, the Harney County Court agreed to schedule a field hearing in June to gather testimony and inspect the site before deciding whether to vacate or implement a 2007 legalization order that would change the county road inventory.
Long‑standing disagreement over a proposed East Steens Road realignment that would bypass the small Andrews townsite resurfaced at the Harney County Court meeting May 6. The court reviewed a 2007 legalization order that created a new county right‑of‑way (road number 201) and heard from landowners who said the alignment would take irrigated ranch land and harm stock water infrastructure.
Belinda Davis read a letter on behalf of Davis Ranch and the Cooney Ranch that outlined concerns about grazing, stock water and the impacts of taking ranch land for the realignment. "These projects are very important to our future," she told the court,…
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