The county currently has 2.2 miles of class B Roads. Miles Butler, chair of the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors, is more concerned with the reclassifications than the vacations. Converting roads to class B would mean that those roads are essentially closed five months of the year. Konrady sees potential savings in liability claims with class B roads. As long as a road designated class B meets the minimum standards of that class, there is no liability.
Motorists use the road at their own risk.
The roads are out of the way of travel demands. For the sections of county line gravel roads, the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors is working with the adjacent counties' boards to work things out. Once the Hamilton County board has adopted and published the ordinance that sets up a level B system and the procedures for adding roads to it, the hearing process can begin. One public hearing will be held for all the class B reclassifications. Registered letters will be sent to surrounding landowners notifying them of the proposed road vacations, and then public hearings will be held for each proposed vacation.