A public road enclosed in a private gated community in west Tarrant County has cost taxpayers despite not being accessible to the vast majority of them.
In October 2008, Tarrant County accepted responsibility for a portion of Billings Road that runs south of Confederate Park Road, ending at Orilla Lane. That quarter-mile stretch lies within the La Cantera neighborhood, which has been gated since 2003, according to longtime resident Steve Simmons.
A spokesperson for Precinct 4 Commissioner Manny Ramirez of Fort Worth previously told the Star-Telegram the commissioner’s office was looking into the situation. It’s unclear why that part of Billings Road was ever made public, the spokesperson said. Ramirez took office in 2023…