Oconee Road Czar part II

As long as I have the imperial power to do as please with the public transportation of this county, my next two targets would be the Oconee County campus of Gainesville State College and the Athens Academy access.


  1. The two parts of Bishop Farms Parkway shall be joined immediately, with proper work assuring the wetland control and possible bridge or other way to maintain the ecological integrity of the area.
  2. Secondary access to the 441 By-pass possibly involving the connected Bishop Farms Parkway or at least out of the parking lots. This would do wonders for Experiment Station and Government Station Roads after classes let out.
  3. Hagood Lane will be built out across to Summit Circle to supply the Congressman Paul Broun's backdoor to connect with Athens Academy so parents like me won't have to drive 70 on 441 to get to LaVista or Spartan Lane via Mason Mill or any other cut throughs.
  4. All neighboring subdivision shall be immediately available to have connectivity with the next closest subdivision without having to traverse the main road, i.e.  just above the elbow of Katie Lane connecting it with Taylor Drive (or Court) to avoid having to traverse Simonton Bridge. 
  5. Sidewalks shall be built in all subdivisions immediately and all new subdivisions shall have bike paths and sidewalks as a mandatory feature of the streets. 
  6. Sidewalks down Daniells Bridge Road and Hog Mountain are desperately needed and shall be enacted upon immediately. If you have ever tried to walk that route you would know what I mean.
  7. No more sidewalks to nowhere or at least attach them to some thing or somewhere else with cross walks seldom used such as the one coming out of Government Station Road to Daniells Bridge Road and another where the 441 Bypass comes together with the 441 Business route on the Athens side of Watkinsville.
  8. Stop light at the new YWCO location as well on Hog Mountain Road.
  9. Keep as much of south Oconee County rural and isolated as it wants to be.
  10. Pave Tappan Spur Road down to the River.
  11. Build a Bypass around Bishop. Build it where ever Nedra Johnson, Carolyn Pritchett, Johnny Pritchett, Joey Allen, Mr. Dekker, Charlie Brooks, Shana and Ashley Hood and Jeff Hannan want to have it.
  12. Put a helioport at either next to the Sherrif's office or on to of the new judicial and administrative center.
  13. Build a private airstrip in the most isolated part of the county specifically for the large aircraft that Ben Epps can't handle and name it the Bob Smith Airport and get him worrying about that instead of Hartsfield-Jackson in Athens.
  14. Rails to trails where ever the line Benny Anderson uses is abandoned between Watkinsville and Bishop. 
  15. Rebuild the Riverwalk that Dr. Russ Page worked on so hard for such a long time.
  16. Build high speed rail to Athens and Atlanta since no one else will. This will give Bogart the shot in the arm in has so long needed. 
  17. Bike trails, bike paths, off road mountain bike and horse trails in every nook and cranny in this county. 
  18. Brodrick family cross country path from Athens Academy to Colham Ferry to Oconee County to North Oconee to Westminster to Prince Avenue Christian to High Shoals schools. 
  19. After the Oconee County Courthouse become obsolete with the building of the new Judicial and Administrative Center, the entire "old" complex shall become retrofitted by Jimmy and Seth Addison Marbut to become the world's largest outdoor and indoor skate park.
  20. Rumble strips on all of Simonton Bridge.

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