Mixed views about five road projects proposed in Oconee County collided Thursday in a public meeting among county leaders, transportation planners and citizens.
At the Oconee County Civic Center, those who hope to pass a one-cent sales tax referendum next summer trumpeted the economic growth benefits of widened roads and improved traffic flow. The tax would run for 10 years. Critics, however, struggled to see the congested traffic problems, and worry that road expansion would eliminate the rural community appeal.
“Just the facts in this case would be enough to irritate people,” said Kelly Huff, a Mars Hill Road resident. “They’re being inflexible.”
The Northeast Georgia Regional Transportation Roundtable has spent nearly a year compiling road improvement projects in a 12-county region. The Oconee County projects are on Mars Hill/Experiment Station Road, the Oconee Connector, Daniells Bridge Road, Simonton Bridge Road and Jimmy Daniell Road. The projects are part of the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum, or TSPLOST.
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