Oconee County Industrial Development Authority To Get Bond Sales Documents For Epps Bridge Centre Phase II Entrance Road

The Oconee County Industrial Development Authority on Monday afternoon is likely to take up again the issuance of $4 million in bonds to pay for construction of Parkway Boulevard Extension to accommodate expansion of Epps Bridge Centre.

The item isn’t on the agenda for the IDA, but County Attorney Daniel Haygood told the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday that he planned to bring the item to the Authority for consideration at its meeting on Monday.

The possibility that the IDA might sell the bonds for construction of the new road that will serve as an entrance to Phase II of Epps Bridge Centre was first presented to the Authority at its last meeting on Jan. 11.

Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis had hinted at that possibility on Jan. 8, when the Board approved a $3.35 million contract with Simpson Trucking and Grading Company of Gainesville for construction of Parkway Boulevard Extension.

Davis said at that meeting that paying for the costs of the roadway was “yet to be negotiated or discussed” with the county’s finance department, the IDA and others. Commissioner John Daniell said the cost was “something the county can handle.”

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Pictured: Haygood, left, Administrative Officer Jeff Benko and County Clerk Jane Greathouse.