On behalf of the Geary County Commission the Metropolitan Planning Commission held a public hearing Thursday night as part of the vacation of five platted streets in rural Geary County.

Dave Yearout, Zoning and Planning Administrator explained that the roads were platted as part of the Ackers subdivision located at the corner of Liberty Hall Road and Milford Lake Road.

“It was platted back in 1964, with the intention of seeing more intensive development there. That never materialized,” said Yearout. “That original plat had a mile and a half or so of public streets laid out that are just paper right now.”

By vacating the roads that property will go back to the adjoining landowners. The Vacation will only address the streets on the plat shown as Apache, Cheyenne, Nemaha, Osage and Pawnee Streets. It will go back to the County Commission for final approval.