Do it Yourself County Road Maintenance ???

[Bob Orts]

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Originally posted by JerryCarr

I didn't mean to imply that the "roads in limbo" and the substandard subdivision roads are literally the same. There is a philosophical relationship, however, in that the County refuses to recognize the fait accomplis of their existence and do anything to help with their upkeep.

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But they are "private" roads, not owned by the government. Why should all taxpayers of the County be saddled with improving private roads? The fact that it’s treated by people as public roads does not negate the fact that they are still private.

If residents want the County to take control and be responsible for these private roads as public roads, bring them up to county standards and dedicate them to the County. The County has a legitimate right to refuse maintenance of these roads, otherwise, what’s to prevent a private resort from demanding the County (taxpayers) to maintain their private roads? Or developers from demanding the County (taxpayers) maintain a parking lot at their commercial area just like a municipal parking lot? Or any taxpayer demanding the County (all taxpayers) maintain their "Private" driveway?

Private is private, Public is public. Demand and force maintenance on public roads owned by government but keep taxpayers’ money out of the hands of private people. Isn’t that the gist of what so many claim is being done; government is using taxpayers money for private purposes? If it’s bad for that, why isn’t it just as bad for some private roads? Or is it that, it’s wrong when they do it for those people but its alright when they do it for me? It’s only wrong when they get, not when I get?