Community Corner
Oconee County Voters Concerned About Growth And Traffic As 2014 Came To An End
A survey of Oconee County voters just before the November 2014 election showed some opposition to county efforts to spur development.
Oconee County voters ended the year concerned about over development, traffic problems, and their schools.
Concern about road and traffic problems was up dramatically from two years ago, when the economy had been the major concern of voters in the county.
Even in that period of economic uncertainty, Oconee County voters had been concerned about over development, and they expressed the same level of concern about their school system then as now.
In both years, some of the concern about the school system resulted from what voters saw as the stretching of resources because of growth in development in the county.
The promotion of economic development by county officials is met with opposition by at least a number of county voters, and only a small number of voters in 2014 encouraged the county in its efforts to promote economic development.
For more on the survey findings, go to Oconee County Observations.