Politics & Government
Oconee County Citizens Voice Opposition To Plans To Reopen Connection Of Old Mars Hill Road To New Road Under Construction
Members of the Board of Commissioners were in the audience, and they heard complaints about the problems the design change would produce.
About 50 citizens turned out at a meeting in Veterans Park tonight to tell the Oconee County Board of Commissioners how they feel about a proposal to reopen the connection between Old Mars Hill Road and the new Mars Hill Road now under construction.
All but one of those present said they are opposed to the project.
The sole exception was Perry Aycock, who approached Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis with the idea to revise the state plans for the road so he could improve the prospects for development of the four lots he owns along Old Mars Hill Road.
Davis as well as commissioners John Daniell, Jim Luke and Mark Saxon were in the audience, and they heard complaints about the problems the design change would cause, about the inappropriateness of even considering the project when only one person had asked for it, and about the waste of money the proposed project represented.
Oconee County Public Works Director Emil Beshara told the audience he expects the design change to be on the agenda when the Board of Commissioners next meet at 7 p.m. on Sept. 29 and that citizens should be there again to state their views on the project.
For more on the meeting tonight and for a summary of the meeting of the Planning Commission on Monday night, go to Oconee County Observations.
Pictured: Davis, left, with Perry Aycock, center.