Easement Fight Halts Luxury Development

They Blocked My Only Access Road, So I Shut Down Their Entire Development My land sits behind

a stretch of dense forest, and for as long as I’ve owned it, there’s been only

one practical way in and out—a gravel access road I use for groceries, equipment deliveries,

mail, and emergency services. That road is protected by a recorded easement from the 1980s,

clearly written into my deed and relied on by previous owners long before me.

When a development company bought the surrounding land to build a luxury vacation community,

everything seemed fine at first. Their crews were polite, and no one mentioned

my road. Then their project manager decided the access didn’t “fit the master