The Continuing Battle Over Marr Road
A contentious road-opening project near Prescott faces new delays as farmers question the validity of the original survey.
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Further troubles are besetting the board of county commissioners in the opening of the Marr road, north of Prescott. Interested parties are now claiming that the road was not opened according to the original survey. The matter has reached such seriousness that Commissioner Smith, in company with County Surveyor Loehr and Deputy Auditor Hart, left for that section this morning to resurvey the route. The opening of the road has been attended with much contention among farmers of that section, and the board of county commissioners was drawn into the matter to a considerable extent before a truce was finally effected. The total length of the extension is about four miles.
“The opening of the road has been attended with much contention among farmers.”
Rural infrastructure disputes regarding land use and right-of-way access are central to the development of Washington State. These types of local government standoffs, involving commissioners and surveyors, are as common in today's county council meetings as they were in 1903.
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