County plans to move ahead on road projects
09/12/05
By Diane Wagner, Rome News-Tribune Staff Writer
The Floyd County Commission is expected to award a contract Tuesday for right-of-way acquisition on Chulio, Old Dalton and Huffaker roads.
The 2003 special purpose, local option sales tax provided $650,000 for right-of-way needed to improve Chulio and Old Dalton roads. Voters rejected in July a SPLOST proposal containing construction funding, but officials have said the upgrades remain a priority due to increasing development along the roads.
Georgia Power Co. is paying to widen two miles of Huffaker Road, from Technology Parkway to its new coal ash landfill for Plant Hammond.
“The plans are complete,” County Manager Kevin Poe said. “Once we start the acquisition it should take about three months and we can, hopefully, start construction next year.”
Funding to continue widening Huffaker another 4.7 miles to Ga. 20 had been included in the failed 2005 SPLOST package.
Commissioners hold their caucus session at noon, with the regular meeting following at 2 p.m. in the Historic Floyd County Courthouse.
Also on Tuesday, commissioners will get a financial report on Citizens for Better Parks Inc. The 20-year-old nonprofit organization was formed as a fund-raising arm for the Rome-Floyd County Parks and Recreation Authority.
Bookkeeping has been sporadic through the years and commissioners hired accounting firm Read, Martin & Slickman to compile a complete record of transactions.
Poe said the report notes some unconventional activities but “the bottom line is that all the money is accounted for.”
Among the other items on the agenda is a public hearing on a request to rezone property at 1158 Chulio Road to allow construction of a warehouse instead of apartments.
The Rome-Floyd County Planning Commission split on the issue and did not submit an official recommendation.
County commissioners delayed a decision at their Aug. 23 meeting pending further information on the potential impact to the rural residential area.
By Diane Wagner, Rome News-Tribune Staff Writer
The Floyd County Commission is expected to award a contract Tuesday for right-of-way acquisition on Chulio, Old Dalton and Huffaker roads.
The 2003 special purpose, local option sales tax provided $650,000 for right-of-way needed to improve Chulio and Old Dalton roads. Voters rejected in July a SPLOST proposal containing construction funding, but officials have said the upgrades remain a priority due to increasing development along the roads.
Georgia Power Co. is paying to widen two miles of Huffaker Road, from Technology Parkway to its new coal ash landfill for Plant Hammond.
“The plans are complete,” County Manager Kevin Poe said. “Once we start the acquisition it should take about three months and we can, hopefully, start construction next year.”
Funding to continue widening Huffaker another 4.7 miles to Ga. 20 had been included in the failed 2005 SPLOST package.
Commissioners hold their caucus session at noon, with the regular meeting following at 2 p.m. in the Historic Floyd County Courthouse.
Also on Tuesday, commissioners will get a financial report on Citizens for Better Parks Inc. The 20-year-old nonprofit organization was formed as a fund-raising arm for the Rome-Floyd County Parks and Recreation Authority.
Bookkeeping has been sporadic through the years and commissioners hired accounting firm Read, Martin & Slickman to compile a complete record of transactions.
Poe said the report notes some unconventional activities but “the bottom line is that all the money is accounted for.”
Among the other items on the agenda is a public hearing on a request to rezone property at 1158 Chulio Road to allow construction of a warehouse instead of apartments.
The Rome-Floyd County Planning Commission split on the issue and did not submit an official recommendation.
County commissioners delayed a decision at their Aug. 23 meeting pending further information on the potential impact to the rural residential area.
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