MACORTS Seeking Public Comment On Plans To Add Interchange Of Oconee Connector and SR 316 To Planning Document

The regional transportation planning body for Oconee County will be seeking public comment from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the Community Center in Veterans Park on a proposal to move forward funding for improvements to the intersection of SR 316 and the Oconee Connector.

The Madison Athens-Clarke Oconee Regional Transportation Study (MACORTS), the cooperative transportation planning body for the urbanized area, including northern Oconee County, is seeking citizen reaction to its proposed amendment to its Long Range Transportation Plan.

The changes will add funding for a multi-grade interchange at SR 316 at Oconee Connector into the MACORTS Long Range Transportation Plan and move improvements to Union Church Road and the widening of Simonton Bridge Road into the unfunded section of the plan.

The Long Range Transportation Plan includes all projects for which federal funds will be sought in the MACORTS area through 2040.

In order to add the SR 316 and Oconee Connector interchange to the document, it is necessary to remove others.

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Pictured, left to right, Bob Sanders, Mayor Nancy Denson, Commission Chairman Melvin Davis.