Oconee County Residents Will Have Chance To Review Proposed Transportation Projects At Two Meetings On Sept. 9

Oconee County residents with opinions on the proposed Jimmy Daniell Road and Daniells Bridge Road projects as well as on other transportation projects in the county will have two back-to-back opportunities to express those views in meetings scheduled for Sept. 9 at the Community Center in Veterans Park.

Madison Athens-Clarke Oconee Regional Transportation Study (MACORTS) will hold from 5 to 7 p.m. what is officially a public hearing on its 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan, which includes the Jimmy Daniell Road and Daniells Bridge Road projects as well as others in the county.

The Oconee County Citizen Advisory Committee for Land Use and Transportation Planning will follow MACORTS with its usual monthly meeting.

At its meeting last week, the Board of Commissioners referred to the Land Use Committee for discussion the proposed widening and reconstruction of Jimmy Daniell Road, the widening of Daniells Bridge Road and construction of an extension of Daniells Bridge Road with a flyover of SR Loop 10.

So far, public comment has focused on the Daniells Bridge Road projects and most negatively on the extension and flyover, but support of the project now is surfacing, with a key landowner circulating a petition to move forward on the project.

For more background on the road projects and video from the BOC meeting last week, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: A grave marker in a cemetery near the proposed Daniells Bridge Road Extension.