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Vice Chairman Bennie Horton and Public Works crew patching potholes in Barnesville.

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Construction of new Fire Department Headquarters

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Potts Pond Road
Stream Crossing Project

Chairman Jay Matthews and Commissioner George Brown inspecting our Public Works Department's progress on this stream crossing improvement project. Mr. Bill Brown, Public Works Director, worked with Mr. Forrest Hill of Two Rivers RC&D Council, Inc. to acquire support and funding.

The purpose of the project was to replace a double barrel metal storm drain pipe that was deteriorating and about to collapse.

Two Rivers RC&D Council, with funding from the GA E.P.D.'s Divisions Watershed Protection Branch, chose this project in Lamar County as a statewide demonstration/education effort to improve water quality in targeted watersheds. This project consists of two sixty linear feet concrete footings with a twenty four feet span that supports the corrugated arch pipe.

The stream bed will remain natural with bedrock, etc. to enhance water quality, improve environmental conditions and prolong the life of the stream crossing. The total cost of the project is $51, 535 with Two Rivers RC&D paying approximately $27, 035.

Chairman Matthews expressed his appreciation to the Public Works employees for taking on a project of this technology and magnitude. Also, he emphasized the cost savings from a replacement or maintenance standpoint for this system has a life expectancy of one hundred years.

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Bridge Rehabilitation Projects

Piedmont Road

Ethridge Mill Road

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LARP Projects

County Roads to be Resurfaced in the Spring of 2010

Brent Road Phase 2

Beginning at Ramah Church Road

Ending at Community House Road

Length (miles) 1.220

Width (feet) 22.000

Sunshine Drive

Beginning at Grove Street

Ending at Dead End

Length (miles) 0.100

Width (feet) 18.000

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Dirt Road Improvement Projects

McCollum Road

Freeman Road

Richie Road

Robinson Road

Parker Branch Road

Possum Trot Road

Fawn Road

Turner Bridge Road

Bottoms Road