Community Corner
Oconee County Citizen Committee Wants More Money For Road Repair and Improvements
Public Works Director told the citizens he didn't have enough money to upgrade Simonton Bridge Road.
The Oconee County Citizen Advisory Committee on Land Use and Transportation Planning is asking the Board of Commissioners to increase significantly funding for road repairs, resurfacing and related improvements.
The Committee decided at its meeting on Jan. 13 to ask the commissioners to increase the funding following a discussion in which Pubic Works Director Emil Beshara outlined spending needs for transportation infrastructure in the county.
Beshara was responding to a question by Committee member James Morris, who wanted to know what can be done to improve Simonton Bridge Road.
Beshara said he does not have the money to make the needed improvements to the roadway, which runs from Watkinsville to the Middle Oconee River.
At the suggestion of Committee Chairman Abe Abouhamdan, the group voted unanimously to send a letter to the commissioners asking them to budget $2 million in the 2015-2016 fiscal year budget for roadwork.
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Pictured: Land Use Committee Chairman Abe Abouhamdan