Could be unpaid utilities, unpaid tax's, or maybe a mainline city replaced, a roadway project, and all the similar possibilities. 

I've found that adding local neighborhoods and roadways and giving a brief overview of requirements/availability can really help attract people to a listing.

While I have not encountered this, and know there are very odd requirements placed on property owners looking to develop land, this feels a little off given there are other property owners on the road and life-safety access tends to be the top most requirement in all roadways.

You don’t have to wait to retire from REI to enjoy REI.Italy still has the best gelato.Italy has some of the greatest tree lined road ways.  

The former had infrastructure (roadway) in place because something had been there years ago.

I think if your ranch is accessible within an hour of a major roadway and 1.5 to 2 hours of a major airport you can make anything happen.

I work as an inspector on bridges and roadways.

Have you explored horizontal boring to mitigate the costs of crossing under the roadway?

I also think our infrastructure will limit the number of cars because even if everything is fully automated there is only so much capacity on the roadways.

This article may help paint a better picture. http://renolandinc.com/reno-construction-update-ne...There is a lot of construction happening such as renovations to major roadways, including a north to south connector that recently opened and revitalization of downtown areas in both Reno and Sparks.