BY ROGER SMITH
MOUNTAIN CITIZEN
INEZ — Martin County officials are again moving forward with plans to designate 21 county roads as routes for all-terrain vehicles and utility task vehicles, joining the region’s growing enthusiasm for recreational trail development.
The fiscal court started the process last month but experienced a hiccup when a resident petitioned to remove Cumbo Road from the county road plan.
After adding Newsome Road to the list, the county started fresh with a new reading of its “ATV County Road Ordinance” in the May 16 meeting. The second reading will take place at the regularly scheduled fiscal court meeting June 20 at 5 p.m. in the government center.
The ordinance includes:
- Newsome Road
- Davella Road
- Blackberry Road (1.25 miles)
- County Line Road (.065 miles)
- Middlefork Wolf Creek Road
- Coldwater Road
- Crooked Run
- Wilderness Lane
- Thickety Fork (.048 miles)
- Little Peter Cave
- Evans Hill (1.96 miles)
- Emily Creek (1.27 miles)
- White Oak (.058 miles)
- Cassius Moore
- Caney Fork
- Pigeon Roost
- Schoolhouse Holler (.017 miles)
- Trace Fork (.050 miles)
- Spring Knob Lookout Tower (1.03 miles)
- Jack Cassidy Branch
- Rockhouse Road (.0594 miles)
Residents can inspect the full ordinance in the county judge’s office during regular business hours.