Putting Public Roads to Bed in Maine

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Under a New Statute • Amity designates the stretch as a public easement (abandoned) • Proper notice given • Public hearings held if needed • Determination then becomes frozen • Should Amity choose to add recreational easement in future, must pay fair market value
Conclusion • Is the problem large enough to act? • If so, go with simplicity and Solution #1 • Allow Common Law Abandonment and Statutory Discontinuance to operate and get rid of Statutory Abandonment
Page 1: Putting Public Roads to Bed in Main
Page 20 and 21: Monument Road Example Suppose the f
Page 22 and 23: Three Types of Roads • 1. Town Wa
Page 24 and 25: Three ways to dispose of roads •
Page 26 and 27: Common Law Abandonment • Non-use
Page 28: Statutory Abandonment Cont’d •
Page 31 and 32: These do not matter because: • Ma
Page 33 and 34: Aroostook County Hypo Again • Und
Page 35 and 36: Hypo under Abandonment Statute •
Page 37 and 38: Proposed Changes to Law • Possibl
Page 39: Final look at the hypo: Under Solut

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