Site Of New Sewer Plant Could Include Land For A Park

A future sewage plant on acreage Oconee County is purchasing on the Middle Oconee River might include picnic areas and walking trails if a concept plan presented at a Board of Commissioners Town Hall meeting Tuesday night is implemented.

Commission Chair John Daniell said the county is about to close on two parcels of land on the river off Rockinwood Drive for a sewage plant, but construction of such a facility is years away.

The Board of Commissioners voted to purchase the parcels, one totaling about 62 acres and the other about 10 acres, at its meeting on June 5.

Daniell said there is enough acreage for a “passive park” on the site.

The Town Hall Meeting drew only 11 citizens and lasted only a half hour.

Questions focused on wastewater treatment, bike trails, roads, and Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax spending.

For more on the story, with a video of the Town Hall meeting, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Concept Plan For Sewer Plant And Park