‘Future’ county roads
Editor, There was a lot of suspicious stuff in the June 9 Kendall County Commissioner’s Court meeting — see agenda items 10-14, 22, 23, 28, 31 and 32 — but the one that really caught my eye was Item 15 concerning road classifications in Kendall County and “establishing a process for future County roads.”
Some readers may recall that on Aug. 14, 2023, the Commissioner’s Court rejected the city of Boerne’s Thoroughfare Plan outside the city limits of Boerne (i.e., “Boerne ETJ”). The Commissioner’s Court went further on April 4, 2026, and suspended the Kendall County Thoroughfare Plan, which had been approved by the Court in 2022.
But just last week in the wake of the recent county election, it looks like the lame duck county judge and the embattled county engineer are trying to revive this plan through a further classification refinement of current and future county roads.
Eight of the roads listed in this agenda item are also listed on Boerne’s adopted Major Thoroughfare Plan. This “dovetailing” between the city plan and the county classifications is indeed troublesome, since it would encourage more land speculation along these routes and potential eminent domain in the unincorporated county.
Fortunately, three of the commissioners successfully called for a tabling of this item until the next Court is seated in January 2027. At that time, workshops need to be called before there is any final vote so that we don’t repeat the same mistakes from ten years ago involving the Kendall Gateway project.
— Lance Kyle Kendall County resident
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