# Commissioners accept the Shrine Farm subdivision's roads, a week after pulling the item over paperwork

## What happened
The Vigo County Commissioners voted to accept the privately built roads in the Shrine Farm subdivision into the county road system, after Barber — a representative for petitioner Troy Stanton, name graded probable, see attribution — told them the certified-mail return receipts required to notify neighboring property owners had finally come back, and that the roads carry a 40-foot right-of-way under the acceptance ordinance. ([Petitioner returns with certified-mail receipts, 11:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZzXdN1Rvac&t=699))

A commissioner asked what accepting a road means for residents; Barber said the county then takes over all maintenance going forward — plowing, resurfacing, pothole repairs, and the drainage and right-of-way on each side — and that the county engineer had already confirmed these roads meet county standards. ([What road acceptance means, 12:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZzXdN1Rvac&t=729))

This is the second time the item has come before the commissioners: they pulled it from the agenda on Sept. 1 after the certified-mail receipts had not arrived in time, with no return date set then. ([Prior deferral, Sept. 1 meeting, 4:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcj3MK3mt-A&t=279))

## The outcome
Accepted on a voice vote; the roads are now the county's to maintain.

## Sources
- [Petitioner returns with certified-mail receipts, 11:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZzXdN1Rvac&t=699)
- [What road acceptance means, 12:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZzXdN1Rvac&t=729)
- [Vote to accept, 12:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZzXdN1Rvac&t=768)
- [Prior deferral, Sept. 1 meeting, 4:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcj3MK3mt-A&t=279)

*Also known as: Shrine Farm · Shrine Farm roads · Shrine Farm subdivision roads · Shrine Farm road acceptance*