Opinion No.

The Honorable Bob Watts State Representative Rt. 1, Box 125 Harrison, Arkansas 72601-9716

Dear Representative Watts:

This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning the existence of cattle guards on county roads. Your three questions are as follows:

1. Is a cattle guard allowable on a county road?

2. Does the county have an obligation to continue to maintain an existing cattle guard or may the county remove a cattle guard from a county road?

3. If the cattle guard was constructed by a private landowner and then maintained by the county, would the landowner be entitled to compensation…