Public Service Commission Paying For Gas Pipeline To Business And Medical Park In Oconee County

The Public Service Commission of Georgia will spend $0.5 million to run a gas pipeline under SR 316 to Resurgence Park, the commercial subdivision being created by Nichols Land and Development Company on Virgil Langford Road.

The gas line was requested by David Dwyer of Atlas Real Estate Advisors of Athens on behalf of his clients, Thrive Senior Living and Georgia Skin Cancer and Aesthetic Dermatology, which plan to open facilities in Resurgence Park.

Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis also offered support for the project.

Normally the developer would pay the cost of extending the utility line to its property, according to District 2 Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols of Athens.

Echols successfully lobbied his counterparts on the Commission at its meeting on May 20 to amend the Atlanta Gas Light Company’s 2014 Universal Service Fund Facilities Expansion Plan to include the Oconee County project.

For details about the pipeline, go to Oconee County Observations.