Truck stop woes and battle plan from Tony Glenn
I encourage everyone to take a moment and write an email to the Oconee County Board of Commissioners to voice your concern with the proposed rezone request currently posted for the corner of US441 and Branch Road. The following information is taken directly from our website (home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-SouthOconee), which now contains a page dedicated to this issue.
The previous truck stop proposal for the corner of Branch Road and US441 has once again come forward but is now a convenience store, fueling center (12 passenger car stations), carwash, and office space.
While the current project is reduced in size and scope, the underlying issues are no different from the previous plan. The inconsistency with the Future Land Use Plan, the lack of infrastructure in the region, the uncertainty of the US441 widening project, the public and traffic safety concerns, the proximity to Heritage Park, as well as the detrimental impact that such a development will have on the quality and value of the surrounding residential and farmland are just a few of the concerns that overwhelmingly support denial of this rezone request.
We ask you to contact the Board of Commissioners by phone, email, postal mail, or in person to let them know your thoughts on this rezone issue as well as your general thoughts on growth in south Oconee County.
Mailing address:
Oconee County Board of Commissioners
P.O. Box 145
Watkinsville, Georgia 30677
(706) 769-5120
Email addresses:
Chairman: Melvin Davis (mdavis@oconee.ga.us)
Commissioner Post 1: Jim Luke (jluke@oconee.ga.us)
Commissioner Post 2: Don Norris (dnorris@oconee.ga.us)
Commissioner Post 3: Margaret Hale (margarethale@oconee.ga.us)
Commissioner Post 4: Chuck Horton (chorton@oconee.ga.us)
Please attend the March 15th Planning Commission and June 6th Board of Commissioners meetings at the County Courthouse at 7:00 p.m. As of now this rezone request is on the agenda for those two meetings.
If the developers are successful with their rezone request, the county will endorse a de facto policy of rapid, inconsistent, inappropriate, low quality, and devaluing growth that is detrimental to the quality of life in south Oconee County.
The previous truck stop proposal for the corner of Branch Road and US441 has once again come forward but is now a convenience store, fueling center (12 passenger car stations), carwash, and office space.
While the current project is reduced in size and scope, the underlying issues are no different from the previous plan. The inconsistency with the Future Land Use Plan, the lack of infrastructure in the region, the uncertainty of the US441 widening project, the public and traffic safety concerns, the proximity to Heritage Park, as well as the detrimental impact that such a development will have on the quality and value of the surrounding residential and farmland are just a few of the concerns that overwhelmingly support denial of this rezone request.
We ask you to contact the Board of Commissioners by phone, email, postal mail, or in person to let them know your thoughts on this rezone issue as well as your general thoughts on growth in south Oconee County.
Mailing address:
Oconee County Board of Commissioners
P.O. Box 145
Watkinsville, Georgia 30677
(706) 769-5120
Email addresses:
Chairman: Melvin Davis (mdavis@oconee.ga.us)
Commissioner Post 1: Jim Luke (jluke@oconee.ga.us)
Commissioner Post 2: Don Norris (dnorris@oconee.ga.us)
Commissioner Post 3: Margaret Hale (margarethale@oconee.ga.us)
Commissioner Post 4: Chuck Horton (chorton@oconee.ga.us)
Please attend the March 15th Planning Commission and June 6th Board of Commissioners meetings at the County Courthouse at 7:00 p.m. As of now this rezone request is on the agenda for those two meetings.
If the developers are successful with their rezone request, the county will endorse a de facto policy of rapid, inconsistent, inappropriate, low quality, and devaluing growth that is detrimental to the quality of life in south Oconee County.
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