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File #: ID-8364    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/5/2026 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 5/21/2026 Final action: 5/21/2026
Enactment date: 5/21/2026 Enactment #: 172-26
Title: Over time, as the county highway system has been improved and in places realigned, portions of the old road, as it existed prior to reconstruction, have been made useless. This resolution authorizes, pursuant to Section 118-a of the highway law, the County to execute a quitclaim deed, abandoning said unused or useless portions of the old road, to the abutting owner of record, at no cost to the County.
Attachments: 1. 20260514-CR179-Aband_Reso_Exhibit-Survey
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Over time, as the county highway system has been improved and in places realigned, portions of the old road, as it existed prior to reconstruction, have been made useless. This resolution authorizes, pursuant to Section 118-a of the highway law, the County to execute a quitclaim deed, abandoning said unused or useless portions of the old road, to the abutting owner of record, at no cost to the County.
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RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE TO ABANDON A PORTION OF FORMER COUNTY ROAD NO. 179 AND CONVEY SAME TO THE ABUTTING LANDOWNER

WHEREAS, The County Superintendent of Highways has provided for the reconstruction of a portion of County Road 179 as shown on plans entitled, "Land to be acquired for the Liberty-Countyline Pt. 2, State Highway No. 4, Sullivan County, Section No. 13 (April 9, 1912)"; and

WHEREAS, that portion of the old road, as it existed prior to the reconstruction, has been made useless as a result of the reconstruction and has, in fact, been abandoned as a County Road by virtue of said road reconstruction; and

WHEREAS, Parcel 1B (on the attached survey Exhibit "A") is a portion of Parcel "B" as shown on Map 20 of the aforementioned Liberty-Countyline Pt. 2 acquisition map, same having being acquired in fee from Oland Sherwood; and

WHEREAS, Parcel 2B (on the attached survey Exhibit "A") is a portion of the old highway, having since been relocated, same being a right-of-way (or highway) by use; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 118-a of the Highway Law and upon recommendation of the County Superintendent of Highways, the Chair of the Legislature is authorized to execute a Quit...

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