County Discusses Road Closures

The Cheyenne County Commissioners heard two requests for vacation of county roads in their January 19 meeting.

Randy Mathewson met with the commissioners regarding closure of County Road 24 between County Roads 77 and 79. He said the land adjacent to the road was bought more than 40 years ago.

“It's an attractive nuisance. Nobody lives there,” he said.

Commissioner Phil Sanders asked about access to pastures for fire protection.

“Access to that area, there's just not a lot of it,” Sanders said.

County Attorney Paul Schaub said the process to vacate a road includes an electors' petition.

Sander...