Eddy County claims private property for loop road

Commission members voted unanimously Tuesday to proceed with condemnations proceedings against two-tenths of an acre of private property on Grandi Road.

“We reached an impasse with the property owners. It was the last piece of property we needed to acquire for the right-of-way,” Commission Chairman Jack Volpato said. “They wanted something more (over the amount of money the county had offered). We tried to negotiate with them but we could not come to a resolution.”