Politics & Government
Oconee County Land Use Committee Tells Commissioners To Sign Project Framework Agreements with GDOT
Citizen Committee says county should go forward with widening Daniells Bridge Road and Jimmy Daniell road and constructing flyover.
The Oconee County Land Use And Transportation Planning Committee Tuesday night recommended to the Board of Commissioners that it sign project framework agreements for widening of Jimmy Daniell Road and Daniells Bridge Road and construction of an extension of Daniells Bridge Road with a flyover of SR Loop 10.
Bob Sanders, Land Use Committee member, said he was fearful the state would withdraw its contributions to the three projects if the commissioners didn’t take action on the agreements the county received from the Georgia Department of Transportation in July.
At its meeting on Oct. 14, the Land Use Committee had set as a rough deadline for completion of its review of these projects by February or March, but it reversed course and took action tonight at the request of Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis.
The Committee voted 8-1 to tell the Commissioners they should sign the agreements without providing any indication of its priorities among the projects or making suggestions about design.
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Pictured: Emil Beshara, Public Works director.