by Michael Robinson| Uvalde Hesperian
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03-22-26
A landowner is requesting Uvalde County abandon a portion of CR379 and CR380 in its entirety. Marshall S. McCrea, Ill and Castle Rock Ranch, LP claim to own private property on both sides of these two public roads and currently has a fence over CR 379 which connects to CR380. Also included in the agenda packet is a picture of a sign posted near the entrance of CR 329. The property and two county roads up for consideration are located between 3-5 miles southeast of Utopia.
The item is Number 7 on Monday’s March 23rd Uvalde County Commissioners Court meeting scheduled for 10AM in the 3rd floor Uvalde County Uvalde County Courtroom.
In the motion submitted to Uvalde County, is says, “Over 15 years ago McCrea followed the statutory process to abandon County Road 379 and County Road 380 just east of where they connect in Uvalde County as shown on Exhibit ·B”. The County records still show that such abandonment is not represented on County maps. McCrea owns the real property on both sides of the portion of County Road 379 and County Road 380 further described in Exhibit “A”. McCrea is once again requesting the County to abandon Country Road 79 and County Road 380 at McCrea property line.
McCrea erected a gate located on the McCrea property line and has been locked for over 15 years. By this Motion, McCrea asks the Commissioners’ Court to abandon the portion of County Road 379 described in Exhibit “A” and abandon County Road 380 in its entirety, described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto.
Also, the motion states, “Uvalde County records indicate that County Road 3 79 and County Road 380 both “dead end” and do not connect with any other existing County maintained road. ”
Uvalde Hesperian questions: According to the motion included in the Uvalde County agenda packet pertaining to this item, it states the owner stated a statutory process to abandon CR 379 and 380 and the property owners placed a gate over the county road. While the county maintains the roads as county property for 15 years, the public has not had access to the county roads beyond the gate. Why hasn’t the county acted sooner?
What is the total combined length of two county roads that the property owner wants the County to abandon? What is the valuation of the roadway to be abandoned?
