Oconee County Commissioners Set To Approve Agreement For Roadway In Gateway Industrial Park

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners is set to give formal approval tomorrow night to an agreement whereby the county will pay John W. Rooker and Associates nearly $250,000 to build a roadway to property Rooker Properties LLC bought from the county in its Gateway Business Park.

The Georgia Department of Transportation gave the county a $172,000 grant to pay for the bulk of the cost. The county, through its Industrial Development Authority, will pay the remaining $75,674 from the money it earned from the sale of the property to Rooker.

The county’s Industrial Development Authority agreed in June of 2013 to sell Rooker LLC approximately 12 acres at the corner of Aiken Road and McNutt Creek Road just south of Bogart for $300,000.

That money from the sale was put into escrow to pay for the road to the project, but the IDA will retain most of that money because of the state grant.

For details of the agreement, go to Oconee County Observations.