Consultants Hired By School Board Criticize County Road Plans

Matt Tanner from Breedlove Land Planning Inc. of Bishop and Atlanta does not like any of the options being considered by the Oconee County Board of Commissioners for a redesigned parent entrance to Malcom Bridge Middle School.

He also does not like the roundabout the Board has built at the bus entrance to Malcom Bridge Middle School and Malcom Bridge Elementary School.

His recommendation is that the county tear out the median that it has just built as part of the roundabout and construct a left-turn lane into the middle school in its place.

Tanner would add space for a right-turn lane into the middle school, but he otherwise would leave the intersection as is and continue to have an officer direct traffic into the school.

Tanner made these observations and recommendations to the Oconee County Board of Education on Monday.

The Board of Education had hired Breedlove Land Planning to do what the firm called a Malcom Bridge Road Modification Study as part of the School Board’s continuing fight with the Board of Commissioners over changes the Board of Commissioners has made and has proposed for the roadway in front of the schools.

For more on this story, with a video of the School Board meeting on Monday, please go to Oconee County Observations.