Scheduled Meetings In Oconee County Focus On Bishop Bypass, November Election, Wastewater Plans

Positively Oconee, a citizen group concerned with the proposed widening of U.S. 441 in the south of the county, is inviting people to a program Wednesday evening on the proposed Bishop Bypass, the land the roadway will traverse, and Greenbriar Creek, which the bypass could cross.

The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Thomas Cotton Gin, 3782 Greensboro Highway (SR 15), south of Watkinsville, and the first 100 persons in attendance will receive a complimentary BBQ dinner.

On Thursday night, Oconee County’s two Rotary Clubs will hold a candidate forum and discussion of the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales on the November ballot.

The forum will start at 7 p.m. at the Student Resource Center, Room 522, at the University of North Georgia campus, off Experiment Station Road just east of Butler’s Crossing.

On Oct. 26, the Oconee County Board of Commissioners will hold a Water Resources Forum, starting at 6 p.m. at the Community Center in Veterans Park. The program include presentations by county consultants Carter & Sloope, Crowder Construction and Precision Planning Inc.

The three meetings are interconnected in that one of the three Board of Commissioners candidates at the forum on Thursday night likely will be asked to have some impact on the Georgia Department of Transportation as it selects a route for the widened U.S. 441 and certainly will have to decide on water and sewer issues in the county.

The three meetings are open to the public.

To learn more about these meetings, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Entrace to University of North Georgia Watkinsville Campus.