Resident wants road closed in Pratt county

A road closure in Pratt County will have to be initiated by the county resident wanting the road closed.

Doug Freund, county road and bridge supervisor, informed Pratt County Commissioners that Joe Berry wants to close NW 60th Street between NW 70th and 80th Avenues.

County Counselor Bob Schmisseur said anyone interested in closing a road can file a petition to start the road closing process. County commissioners can authorize a road closure themselves without a petition but in this case, the commissioners agreed that Berry will have to start the process.

Freund said there were one or two other land owners that would be effected by the road closure but neither would have to cross anyone else’s property to get to their own property.

Part of the road closing process includes a public hearing on the matter for adjoining land owners.