Logan County commissioners approve two right-of-way permits at brief meeting

Logan County commissioners spent a brief Tuesday session moving through routine road-access paperwork, approving two right-of-way permits that will shape how utility work reaches county infrastructure. The actions were small on paper, but they matter in a county that maintains 1,855 roadway miles and 120 bridges, where even a single permit can affect access, construction timing and the coordination of public and private projects.

One of the approvals involved Hooper Corp. and Right of Way Permit No. 2026-7 for use of county right of way at 18205 Iris Drive. The March 17 agenda item tied that permit to 38 poles and new wire, showing the kind of utility expansion that depends on county permission before work can proceed along local roads and driveways.

The board also approved a separate right-of-way agreement for Sturgeon Electric Company, with a permit listed on the April 7 agenda for County Roads 16 and 18. That work called for removing and installing new power poles, another reminder that Logan County’s courthouse agenda often includes the behind-the-scenes decisions that keep electric service projects moving across rural road corridors.

Those approvals fit a county process that is designed to move on a weekly rhythm. Logan County’s commissioners page says agendas are prepared on Thursdays and items are due by noon that day, and the right-of-way rules say applications must be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Department, then forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners for approval. To make the following Tuesday’s agenda, applications must be received by noon on Thursday. The board meets the first, third and fifth Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. unless otherwise advertised.

The permit rules also put a price on the work: Logan County charges $100 for a bore permit and $200 for a trench permit. That fee schedule, along with the Thursday deadline, gives contractors and utilities a fixed window for planning work around county roads, drainage and traffic.

For Logan County residents, those procedures matter because they help keep decisions visible and predictable, even when the meeting itself is short. Logan County Road and Bridge says it is responsible for year-round maintenance across a population of about 22,000, and the county’s large spread of asphalt and gravel roads means right-of-way decisions continue to affect daily movement, utility service and future construction from Sterling to the far edges of the county.