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The Le*6 Count y Ledger Your Hometown Source Of Local News Hometown Newspaper of Janice Perkins Volume XLVI- Number 19 Leesburg, Georgia - - January 24, 2024 Fifty Cents SPLOST Has Major Impact On Resurfacing Roads Lee Countians will be riding on better roads soon as a total of 21.47 miles of road resurfac ing will be completed in 2024 at a cost to exceed $5 million dollars. This project will be funded using SPLOST, TSPLOST and LMIG funds. The SPLOST law, enacted by Georgia legislators in 1985, authorizes a county tax of 1% on items subject to the state sales tax for funding capital projects. TSPLOST (Transpor tation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax) is a 1% sales tax collect ed for a specific pro gram of transportation projects. TSPLOST can only be used for roads, bridges, airports, safety improvements, tran sit, maintenance, and operations. SPLOST is a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. Both SPLOST and TSPLOST are approved by voters for the collec tion of the sales tax. LMIG (Local Mainte nance & Improvement Grant) is funded by Georgia Department of Transportation. The annual LMIG allocation is based on the total centerline road miles for each local road system and the total population of each county or city. This is the largest road resurfacing project in Lee County history. The road resurfacing project will benefit the local economy while improving Lee County road infrastructure for commercial and the resi dential community. Road work has already begun on Chokee Road and New York Road. This road resurfacing project is scheduled to be completed by May 10, 2024. Names of roads, begin ning and ending points and length of the resur facing are listed below: Argyll Place from Margate Drive to the Cul de Sac for resurfac ing 0.06 of a mile. Aylesbury Place from Berkeley Road to Cul de Sac for resurfacing 0.06 of a mile. Berkeley Road from Cambridge Road to Cul de Sac for resurfacing 0.70 of a mile. Cambridge Road from Marlow Lane to Dough erty County Line for resurfacing 0.38 of a mile. Carillon Court from Springlake Drive to Cul de Sac for resurfacing 0.13 of a mile. Chokee Road from Dan Green Road to Sumter County Line for resurfacing 1.13 miles. Coosaw Court from Foxworth Drive to Cul de Sac for resurfacing 0.06 of a mile. Coston Road which is a dirt road will be paved from Middle Road South to Philema Road South 0.74 of a mile. Country Drive from Lovers Lane Road to the end for resurfacing 0.36 of a mile. Creek Isle Drive from Graves Springs Road to Cul de Sac for resurfac ing 0.33 of a mile. Creekshire Court from Carowind Drive to Cul de Sac for resurfacing 0.09 of a mile. Creekview Drive from Graves Springs Road to Cul de Sac for resurfac ing 0.60 of a mile. Danbury Lane from Red Oak Court to West Doublegate Drive for resurfacing of 0.48 of a mile. Doris Drive from Johns Drive to Cul de Sac for resurfacing 0.21 of a mile. Huntingdon Drive from Old Leesburg Road to Cul de Sac for resur facing 0.56 of a mile. Johns Drive from Lov ers Lane Road to Cul de Sac for resurfacing 0.27 of a mile. Knollwood Drive from Creekside Drive to Fox- worth Drive for resur facing 0.42 of a mile. Lavender Lane from Johns Drive to Cul de Sac for resurfacing 0.11 of a mile. Longleaf Drive to Wiregrass Way to the end for resurfacing 0.96 of a mile. Margate Drive - Mar low Lane to Berkeley Road for resurfacing 0.26 of a mile. Marion Court from Midway Street to Cul de Sac for resurfacing 0.13 of a mile. Morning Mist Drive Singletary Announces Candidacy for Reelection To County Commission District 2 ■ Luke Singletary who is serving as chairman of the Lee County Board of Commission, announced that he will be a candi date for reelection to the county commission. Mr. Singletary represents District 2. Luke Singletary was elected to the county commission in Novem ber 2012. As the Dis trict 2 Commissioner, he began his term on November 13,2012 due to the early resignation of Commissioner Betty Johnson. Before being named chairman by his fel low commissioners, Singletary served as vice-chairman in 2023. He served as chairman of Parks & Recreation Authority and as chair man of the personnel committee. Mr. Singletary has lived in Lee County for most of the last 22 years. He and his wife, Patsy Brettel Singletary, are the parents of two sons, Carter, 17, and Parker, 15. A Lee County High School graduate, Luke Singletary received a bachelor degree in Busi ness Administration, ma joring in Finance from Valdosta State University in 2002. He earned a master degree of Organi zational Leadership from Troy University in 2004. Chris Guarnieri Announces Candidacy For Reelection DOHERTY, DUGGAN, HART&TIERNAN INSURORS Home • Auto • Business • Life/Health P.O.Box 71628 (229)888-2040 Albany, GA 31708-1628 800-628-2040 2301 Dawson Road (31707) Fax (229) 435-3036 www.ddhtins.com Leesburg City Council will meet Tuesday, February 6 at 6:00 p.m. at the Leesburg City Hall Chris Guarnieri issued the following state ment in announcing his candidacy for reelection as county commissioner for District 4. Dear Lee County Citizens, It is with great honor and pleasure that I an nounce that I will seek another term as your County Commissioner of the Century District of Lee County, Georgia (District 4). In Decem ber of 2022,1 took office to fill the vacated seat by our former Commission er Mr. Rick Muggeridge and that term will expire at the end of 2024. Since being elected many great things have been accomplished in our community. We have been able to keep our taxes low and not raise those taxes on property owners. We also have been pro-busi ness and are bringing commercial growth and jobs into our communi ty. Many of those proj ects are ongoing now with completion dates in this coming year. We just took on one of the largest repaving projects ever in our county of 21.5 miles of roads to be resurfaced this year. This would not be possible without funds from TSPLOST and state grants such as LMIG. We also have a contract with Kinetic by Windstream to install fiber internet covering most of Lee County by the end of 2024 with an estimated 4700 households. Just open ing the door to homes and businesses to have cost-effective technolo gy is a game changer for long-term investment, education, jobs, and the overall health of Lee Chris Guarnieri County. Our County is one of the few in Georgia that are in very good financial standing, and we need to continue that going forward with controlled spending and investment in our com munity. We are a unique community and protect ing that long term is our goal. I humbly ask for your support, prayers, and vote in the upcom ing Primary in May and in the general election in November. Sincerely, Chris Guarnieri from Huntingdon Drive to Hedgerow Drive for resurfacing 0.25 of a mile. Muckalee Lane from Creekview Drive to Pineview Drive for re surfacing 0.20 of a mile. New York Road from Mossy Dell Road to Philema Road North for resurfacing and widen ing 3.75 miles. Pebble Ridge Drive from Hickory Grove Road to Longleaf Drive for resurfacing 0.70 of a mile. Winnstead Drive from Hickory Grove Drive to Willow Lake for resur facing 1.78 miles. Lee County voters will cast their ballots in the March 12th Special Election on the renewal of SPLOST. Pre-Kindergarten Registration Starts February 9th Luke Singletary announced that he will be a candidate for reelection to the county commission. Pictured with Luke and his wife Patsy are their sons Carter, 17, and Parker, 15. 2024-2025 Pre-Kinder garten Registration for Lee County School Sys tem will open Friday, February 9, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Pre-K registration is an online process. If parents need access to a computer or need assis tance registering, they are welcome to go to the Lee County Board of Education office, located at 126 Starksville Ave nue N, on February 9. The online registration will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, February 9, 2024 and the link to register will be made available at that time. Find the registration information by going to the Lee County School System’s website, www. Iee.kl2.ga.us and select the FAMILIES tab on the navigation bar and then choose NEW STU DENT REGISTRA TION. Once on this page, complete a short infor mation page along with the registration form. Please make sure to select the 24-25 School Year. An email from icmessenger@lee.kl2. ga.us will be sent to the email you provide at the time of registration. If you do not receive the email please check your spam/junk folder. If you would like to upload your documents on the platform you may do so, although it is not required. Once you have com pleted and submitted your registration form, you will receive another email from icmessen- ger@lee.kl2.ga.us with a link to the Registrar’s calendar. At this time, you will set up an appointment to bring in all your required documents and sign all required paperwork. The list of required documents can be found at https://www.lee.kl2. ga.us/departments/regis- trar-office Please remember that all required documents must be submitted be fore your student can be placed in the 2024-2025 Pre-K Program. Please also note that your student must be FOUR years old by September 1, 2024 in order to at tend the Pre-K Program. 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