County says it cannot re-open road for landlocked landowner

Freestone County Commissioners Court turned down a request from a landlocked property owner to re-open the end of County Road 1131 so she could access her land.

The court made this move at its June 5 meeting, when the commissioners also told a construction company to put up bonds on roads it would cross; took a discretionary exemption on obtaining bids to rebuild a bridge; approved the annual bid list; and made other decisions concerning the county’s finances and well-being.

Austin resident Marilyn Hardy, who is the majority owner of a landlocked property in Freestone County, attended the meeting to request that the end of County Road 1131 be re-opened.