MACORTS, Citizen Group Holding Meetings on U.S. 441 Widening and Bishop Bypass

The Madison Athens-Clarke Oconee Regional Transportation Study (MACORTS) is holding a public hearing from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday as a required step in removing the widening of U.S. 441 and construction of the Bishop bypass from the constraints of federal funding for the road project.

The meeting will be held in the Community Center at Oconee Veterans Park, 3500 Hog Mountain Road.

On Dec. 3, a newly formed citizen group calling itself Positively Oconee will hold another meeting at 7 p.m. in the Oconee County Library in Watkinsville to give people a chance to exchange information about the widening of U.S. 441 and construction of a bypass of Bishop.

Current plans are for engineering for the roadway to begin in 2019 with right of way acquisition and actual construction scheduled for 2022.

For more on this story, including details of the meetings, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Melvin Davis, left, and Bob Sanders at MACORTS Policy Committee meeting.