Tex. Transp. Code Section 286.063
Public Necessity for Additional Roads; Purpose

(a)

A public necessity for additional roads is created by the lack of adequate roads for general public access to a navigable stream, public lake, or the shore of a lake.

(b)

There is a public necessity for a road under this subchapter if a bank or shore of public water is inaccessible to the general public.

(c)

The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a road to make accessible to the general public a bank or shore of public water that is fenced in and inaccessible.

(d)

A bank or shore of public water is inaccessible to the general public under this section if:

(1)

the bank or shore extends for more than five miles without a public road to furnish access to the bank or shore; or

(2)

there is an area of five or more miles on the bank or shore without a road to furnish public access to the bank or shore.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source: Section 286.063 — Public Necessity for Additional Roads; Purpose, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­286.­htm#286.­063 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

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