Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
"do away" (with a road)
English answer:
take a road out of service/decommission
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Deborah do Carmo
Apr 7, 2005 17:11
19 yrs ago
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"do away" (with a road)
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I am (literally!)tearing my hair out this afternoon to find the correct phrasing for a City Council decision to "do away" with a local road.
The register of the text needs to be formal as this is legal correspondence. I am translating from Dutch but this is a monolingual issue.
The strip of land in question will be sold to a neighbouring business once the decision is finally approved and implemented.
Decommission a road perhaps? I've heard of the term before but always in an environmental context which isn't the case here.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Debbie
The register of the text needs to be formal as this is legal correspondence. I am translating from Dutch but this is a monolingual issue.
The strip of land in question will be sold to a neighbouring business once the decision is finally approved and implemented.
Decommission a road perhaps? I've heard of the term before but always in an environmental context which isn't the case here.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Debbie
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Elizabeth Rudin
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take a road out of service/decommission
Your note:
This phrase is quite often used to describe the work involved in "doing away" with a road.
One example:
... Road abandonment/decommissioning – Any work related to taking a road out of service to ... Hood Canal Coordinating Council. Randy Johnson. 360 417-3301 ...
www.iac.wa.gov/Documents/ Manuals&Forms/18b_applic.pd
But "decommissioning" would work just as well, it means the same thing, whether in an environmental or non-environmental context...
This phrase is quite often used to describe the work involved in "doing away" with a road.
One example:
... Road abandonment/decommissioning – Any work related to taking a road out of service to ... Hood Canal Coordinating Council. Randy Johnson. 360 417-3301 ...
www.iac.wa.gov/Documents/ Manuals&Forms/18b_applic.pd
But "decommissioning" would work just as well, it means the same thing, whether in an environmental or non-environmental context...
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Refugio
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Thank you, Ruth.
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NancyLynn
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Thank you, NancyLynn.
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Ken Cox
: If what is meant is physically rendering the road unfit for use as a road (which seems to be the idea), then 'decommision' appears to be a good choice.
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Thank you, Kenneth.
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npis
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Thank you, npis.
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Comment: "The meaning is as Kenneth summed it up - thanks for the help Elizabeth and everyone else, much appreciated."
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Michael Schubert
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English term (edited):
do away with
relinquish control over / sell off
Is it absolutely certain that the business will not keep it as a private road? In any event, the city is abandoning or relinquishing the road from public ownership, selling it to a private owner who will be responsible for maintenance and/or development (the latter presumably most likely).
Hope it helps. Stop ripping out your hair!
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Note added at 23 mins (2005-04-07 17:35:17 GMT)
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Based on your added information, I would say \"cease maintenance\"; in other words, it is no longer considered a city/county road and will no longer be maintained as such.
Hope it helps. Stop ripping out your hair!
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Note added at 23 mins (2005-04-07 17:35:17 GMT)
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Based on your added information, I would say \"cease maintenance\"; in other words, it is no longer considered a city/county road and will no longer be maintained as such.
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unadopt
A road that isn't controlled by a county council is said to be unadopted. One that is controlled by the council is said to have been adopted. However, I have never come across the term unadopt as the process of reliquishing control over. If in doubt I would opt for the 'reliquish' suggestion above.
Search google using the collocation 'unadopted road' and see if any fit!!
Search google using the collocation 'unadopted road' and see if any fit!!
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jccantrell
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abandon any easements
The site used this term. I would think it should fit in your context.
Look down at #13.
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Note added at 1 hr 30 mins (2005-04-07 18:42:25 GMT)
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I should think something like
abandon the easement to XXX Street as of date.
Look down at #13.
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Note added at 1 hr 30 mins (2005-04-07 18:42:25 GMT)
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I should think something like
abandon the easement to XXX Street as of date.
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Clauwolf
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make an end of
:) Heritage
do away with. 1. To make an end of; eliminate.
do away with. 1. To make an end of; eliminate.
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