Before that, the crowd assembling: Continue reading
Ribbon Cutting, Quarterman Road
Chairman Paulk insisted that Gretchen cut the ribbon:
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With the Lines: Quarterman Road Canopy Drivethroughs
The county has put down the lines on the road, so maybe they’re finished with the paving project. Here are drivethroughs with the lines.
The ribbon cutting is 10AM tomorrow, Thursday, 10 September 2009, at the north end of the north canopy. If you like trees, come see the ones we’ve got left.
Directions
From Valdosta go north on Bemiss Road, left on Cat Creek Road, left on Hambrick Road, left on Quarterman Road, and continue all the way around through the canopies until you see people.From Hahira go east on 122, right on Hambrick Road, right on Quarterman Road, pass the subdivision and the fields, and you’ll see people.
North Canopy, southbound
Continue readingPaving the Canopies of Quarterman Road
Here’s what the British call a drive-through of the north canopy just after the asphalt went down:
More pictures on flickr.
Many of you helped Save Our Canopy Road. Well, we weren’t entirely successful, as you can see. Many of the trees in the canopies are gone, and all the trees on the right of way elsewhere on the road are gone. But we did at least save some of the canopy trees. Continue reading
Start of Asphalt on Quarterman Road
In November 2008, the Lowndes County Commission voted to pave Quarterman Road. Grubbing and clearing happened in December. Paving bids were accepted and decided in March 2009.
Putting down the asphalt started 20 August 2009:
The county is holding a ribbon cutting at 10 AM this Thursday, 10 September 2009, at the north end of the north canopy. It’s a public event. Y’all come. Don’t be late; the chairman starts things on the dot.
Paving Quarterman Road
Several months ago a contract for grubbing and clearing Quarterman Road was let. I posted about some of the results of that.
Yesterday, 10AM, March 12 11, 2009, was the bid selection meeting for the contract for paving Quarterman Road. It was a public meeting.
Carolyn Selby reports the following bids were read:
| Scruggs | $1,394,660.47 |
| Reames | $1,502,909.80 |
| Hancock | $1,495,737.76 |
The county engineer had estimated $1,336,000.00 for the project.
The county commission will vote on March 24, 2009 at the regular meeting.
Open Letter to Commisioner Lee
To: Richard C. Lee, District 2
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From: John S. Quarterman
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Thank you for meeting with us Friday. That was a good beginning to a conversation, much like I had hoped we would have after you attended our neighborhood meeting of June 5 in which we requested further options and my letter of August 7 in which I also requested further options regarding Quarterman Road. Now we’re talking!
I understand that there has been some confusion as to who wants to
do what with Quarterman Road. This is why we have clarified neighborhood
opinion with the petition of 26 October showing that a majority of households
on the road and the owners of a majority of the road frontage
do not want the road paved,
at least not using the current plan the county is pursuing of clearing
a 60 foot right of way and tearing down the tree canopy.
Apparently there has also been some confusion as to what the state requires the county to do. I hear that some time in the past the county was planning to use state money to improve Quarterman Road. If so, I see how that money could have come with requirements from the state. That would explain why the current county paving plan, which was originally drawn up many years ago, looks more like a state highway than a rural local county road. However, as I am sure you are aware, SPLOST VI is a local tax, not state money, so there are no such requirements along with it. I confirmed this with the District Engineer with GDOT. He tells me that the state makes no requirements on the county as to what to do with Quarterman Road, which the state classifies as functional class 9, a rural local road. Continue reading