Community Corner
Daniells Bridge Road Widening And Flyover On Oconee County Board of Commissioners Agenda Again
The new road would alleviate traffic but also open up land for development, the county says.
The project framework agreements with the state for the widening of Daniells Bridge Road and for construction of an extension of Daniells Bridge Road and flyover of SR Loop 10 are back on the agenda of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners for approval on Tuesday night.
The two projects would create a new traffic artery to move traffic from Watkinsville to the Epps Bridge Road commercial corridor and then Athens that would parallel Mars Hill Road, now being rebuilt at a cost of $30 million.
The alternate route from Watkinsville to Epps Bridge Parkway is being proposed as a way of alleviating traffic on SR 316, but county officials also admit that the Daniells Brige Road extension is being promoted by developers.
Boswell Properties, owned by Jamie Boswell, the area representative to the Georgia Transportation Board, has listings for properties all along the route of what would become a new circular commercial roadway for the county.
This is a complex story, with many different turns. Those turns illustrate why this item keeps coming back to the agenda for consideration. Please go to Oconee County Observations for an explanation.
Pictured: Sign At Boswell Listing At Flyover.