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2 The County may consider a petition from property owners to close the unpaved portion of the road after NCDOT has abandoned maintenance of the facility. The next steps would be: The Board of Commissioners (the Board) "shall first adopt a resolution declaring its intent to close the public road", and call a public hearing regarding the road closing. 2, After the meeting at which the Board adopts the resolution declaring its intent, the County must publish notice of the public hearing for three (3) successive weeks before the hearing, The County must also post the notice of the closing and public hearing along the road, 3. The Board may adopt an order closing the road if, after the public hearing, the Board finds that closing the public road is not contrary to the public interest and that no individual awning property in the vicinity of the road would thereby be deprived of reasonable means of ingress and egress to his property, 4. "A certified copy of the order,,,shall be filed in the office of the register of deeds of the county," Once the road is closed, the right-of-way becomes part of the land adjacent to the road, with the property line for land on either side of the road extending to the center line of road, Property owners may then erect gates or barriers, The NCDOT cannot provide materials for closure of the road, but will install appropriate signage to indicate the road dead ends and to identify the end of State maintenance. NCDOT will also construct aturn-around. Administration for the Pleasant Green Community Center property has dedicated right-of-way for NCDOT to construct a turn- around on that property, FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with this decision item, If the County closes the road, the County would have costs associated with the public hearing. RECOMMENDATION(S): As the Board decides,