Franklin county commission considers adopting private roads for maintenance

County commissioners are looking at the possibility of adopting a number of currently privately owned roads so the county can legally maintain them.

The list includes Buck Street in Eastpoint, roads in the Pine coast Plantation and the end of paradise Lane in Apalachicola.

Commissioners said these roads, and possibly others, need to be maintained so they can be used by emergency vehicles, but the owners are either unable or unwilling to do the maintenance.

Since the county is limited as to what it can do on private property the commission has agreed to investigate whether these roads can be brought into county ownership and put on a regular maintenance schedule.

Over the next few weeks county staff will take a look at the roads and then make a recommendation to the county commission for a final decision.

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