Let me kind of sum this up. You are a resident/land owner of the township. The fellow building the new home is also a resident/land owner of the township. The road is question is the last one in the township not upgraded. You are not wanting the road widened because you would loose 1 acre of ground.
1) The law does not differentiate between residents by seniority when doing road projects. So the "townie" has the same right to a good road as you do.
2) IF the county/township does not already have the right of way then you will be compensated for it. If they do have the right away you do not own the land anyway. You have been farming the "public" land for free all these years.
3) You do have the right under MN law to petition the board but this petition is not legally binding to the board. They make the decision on road repair and maintenance.
4) The board is required to maintain the road year round. Quote from you "I will admit the old road is in tough shape with the ditches flattened out to almost nonexistence. Hence many frost boils in spring and very hard to keep clear of snow. ". The county may not only upgrading the road because the "townie" is requesting it. They may be doing it to reduce the long term cost of maintaining the road. They may also have a long term up grade plan and this road's turn is just now.
To me it sounds like sour grapes on your part. You have your good road so the heck with anyone else wanting the same.
That "townie" building that new house will pay more in property taxes than the county was getting. So he is kind of paying for the improvements over time. Would it be better for the township/county to close the road and then have all the houses and buildings torn down on the properties so the township/county get less in taxes???
I for one am glad when the roads in the rural areas are up graded. I have had land used for this purpose. If the urban residents had their way there would be even less money spent in the rural areas. I will bet that the ratio of road funds/to taxes collected is higher in the rural areas. It is in most farm states. So if the Urban residents got their tax money spent only in their area the rural roads would not be usable. A big part of your township/county road funds are coming from the state tax money collected state wide and spent proportionally higher in rural areas.
There is a principle of "public good". Good rural roads are a real good example of this. If they ever go to a proportionally "equal" funding system then the rural residents will lose out big time.
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