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BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
Seven years following the initial approval of the reconstruction of Tolle Road, the project remains at a standstill. The overview In a 4-3 vote on May 13, Cibolo City Council approved a resolution providing notice and intent to acquire property owned by multiple private landowners for the reconstruction of Tolle Road by donation, purchase or eminent domain. Council members Joel Hicks, Katie Cunningham and Norma Sanchez-Stephens were the three dissenting votes. “A lot of these are easement acquisitions, not actual land acquisitions. The land acquisitions are Cibolo looks to buy property for road project
more for the turn lanes,” Public Works Director Julio Gomez said. Zooming in The project—which includes full reconstruction of Tolle Road and drainage improvements in the area—was approved by voters in a November 2018 bond election as part of Proposition C. The city needs to acquire 13 easements for the recon- struction and drainage improvements to handle a ve-year ooding event, according to agenda documents. Easements are the legal right to use someone else’s private property for a specic purpose, according to the Texas State Law Library. In 2024, city sta began working with residents for the right of entry, or ROE, to proceed with sur- vey work and submit wastewater line construction plans to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, which received approval in August. By the end of 2024, seven of 13 property owners signed ROE forms, but the remaining six have yet to be signed, which means the city will be unable to proceed to construction, agenda documents state.
Reconstruction project boundaries Tolle Road reconstruction project
1 101 Cibolo Tolle Road 2 143 Tolle Road 3 181 Tolle Road 4 549 Tolle Road 5 626 Tolle Road
6 672 Tolle Road 7 775 Tolle Road 8 591 Country Ln. 9 100 Janoe Ln.
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NOTE: FOUR PROPERTIES ARE NOT LISTED BECAUSE THE PARCEL DID NOT HAVE AN EXACT NUMERICAL ADDRESS.
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