Rd. Comm. mulls Lawrence Road request to abandon

Tuesday was Election Day, but Leelanau County residents weren’t just making their voices heard at the polls.

Over 15 people attended the county Road Commission’s twice-a-month meeting to comment on a proposal to partially abandon Lawrence Road in Suttons Bay.

In this case, “abandonment” means that county tax dollars would no longer be used to maintain a short 0.8-mile stretch of Lawrence Road and it would become privately owned by person owning the surrounding property – the petitioner, Shelly Lall. This dirt road snakes along the south and west sides of Lawrence Lake, a small inland lake just west of County Road 633 – Center Highway.