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THE RED line on the map provided by the county mapping department delineates the road that Deidre Trammel and her mother, Wanda Cooper, requested be made a public road. The road provides access to their homes and to that of Cooper's granddaughter. |
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Knox Mother, Daughter Ask Why Their Road Not Yet Taken Into County System |
by Cathy St. Clair
News Editor |
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Two Knox District residents approached the Buchanan County Board of Supervisors Monday to ask why their request to take a road into the county system had never been acted on by the board.
Garden District resident Johnny Woosley also attended Monday’s meeting to ask about a road on which right of way allegedly does not exist, but for which a deed has apparently been recorded.
Both concerns appeared to illustrate to the board anew the problems with the current county road system and the need for a comprehensive road policy now under review.
Deidre Trammel and her mother, Wanda Cooper, told board members right of way documents had been signed for the road to be taken into the county system last June.
"Nothing’s been done," Trammel said. "It’s been held since last year."
The area in question, according to a survey on the proposed road, shows that it would serve three residences, all of which are related.
Wanda Cooper’s home is at the bottom of the hill and currently has access to Straight Fork, Rt. 652, on the opposite side of where a free-standing carport is located. A dirt road now runs up the hill to Cooper’s granddaughter’s home and then switches back to Cooper’ daughter, Deidre’s home. It is that road that they are requesting being made a part of the county system.
When it snows, Trammel said, she has to leave her car at the bottom of the hill, since current road conditions do not allow her to take the car up the hill.
"I can’t block the driveway and I live at the main head," Trammel said.
When she has to leave her car beside the road, she added, it has resulted in the past in deputies coming to tell her the vehicle needs to be moved.
Trammel alleged she had spoken with County Road Engineer Marcus Stiltner about the road on several occasions and she said he indicated he had spoken with Knox Supervisor Pat Justus about the road. She alleged Justus said Stiltner had not spoken with him.
Just last month, the right of way documents and a map of the proposed roadway were on the table along with three other roads for consideration at last month’s board of supervisors meeting. However, as board members began trying to come to grips with a proposed county road policy, they tabled the roads and took no action on them. |
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No Right of Way - No Road
Supervisors Want Road Questions Cleared Up First
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by
Cathy
St.
Clair
News
Editor |
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Roads
without
rights
of
way
in
place
will
not
be
worked
in
the
coming
coal
haul
road
plan
if
they
cannot
be
resolved.
That was the decision made Monday during
a
meeting
of
the
Buchanan
County
Board
of
Supervisors.
Rocklick Supervisor David Ratliff made
the
motion
to
exclude
roads
on
which
right
of
way
issues
could
not
be
cleared
up
from
being
eligible
for
work
under
the
coal
road
plan
now
under
development.
Garden Supervisor Buddy Fuller
seconded
the
motion
and
it
was
agreed
to
unanimously.
The county’ road policy and revisions to it
were
discussed
Monday
afternoon
(see
related
story,
this
issue).
In that discussion, County Attorney
Mickey
McGlothlin
again
made
it
clear
to
board
members
that
he
would
not
sign
any
deed
of
right
of
way
to
the
county
without
a
survey
description
and
all
owners
represented.
Rights of way have now been located
and
verified
on
three
of
17
roads
reported
last
week
as
lacking
right
of
way
proof,
however,
11
more
roads
have
been
added
to
the
list
of
right
of
way
issues,
all
of
them
located
in
the
Hurricane
District.
A
list
for
the
Knox
District
is
still
in
the
process
of
being
developed.
Last week, it was reported that 17 roads
proposed
for
inclusion
in
the
2006-2007
Buchanan
County
Coal
Haul
Road
plan
in
five
districts
had
right
of
way
issues
now
in
the
process
of
being
determined.
County Road Engineer Marcus Stiltner
said
last
week
the
mapping
office
had
been
unable
to
locate
deeds
or
signed
rights
of
way
on
the
roads,
which
are
all
currently
listed
as
part
of
the
county
road
system.
He presented copies of the road list
to
members
of
the
board
of
supervisors
last
month.
Since that time, Stiltner said
three
roads
had
been
cleared
up
and
rights
of
way
had
been
located
in
North
Grundy
for
County
Road
3178,
Cub
Road;
and
County
Road
3077,
Ilene
Lane
Road;
and
in
the
Garden
District
on
County
Road
5083,
Wimmer
Road.
The roads identified in the initial
list
were
not
taken
into
the
county
system
in
1987,
when
the
road
system
was
first
formally
established
in
the
county.
The
same
is
true
for
the
11
Hurricane
District
roads.
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