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Page 2— Wednesday, June 21,2023, The True Citizen
The photo on the left shows the condition of the road last month compared to the its condition which was photographed before
the BOC meeting had even adjourned.
County road damaged after public hearing
Not long after the Board
of Commissioners declared
Cleveland Drive would remain
a public thoroughfare, someone
tore it up.
Cleveland Drive and Rose
mary Way are dirt roads situ
ated on an approximate 300-
acre estate between Hwy. 80
and Cates Mead Road. The
Boyd family has owned the
property since the early 1900s.
The county has been scraping
and maintaining Cleveland
Drive for about 20 years.
Minutes from an April 17,
2003 commissioners meeting
show the board discussed the
issue of maintaining 187 pri
vate roads, including Cleveland
Drive, noting that they could
not legally “work them.” The
board voted in a 3-1 split to
designate the roads as public
roads and to maintain them as
needed.
Recently, havoc broke out
on the Boyd Family’s quiet
country estate as multiple
incidents occurred. A school
bus driver complained to Com
missioner Evans Martin that
the road needed maintenance.
Recent construction on Elwy.
56 diverted traffic, causing
a heavier flow on Cleveland
Drive. Navigation devices
were sending travelers down
the dirt road. Some members of
the family attempted to block
the road and prevent the county
from scraping it.
Victoria Boyd approached
the BOC Tuesday, May 9 with a
request for the county to aban
don maintenance of Cleveland
Drive. She submitted a petition
with two signatures asking
the BOC to declare the road
a private drive. Flowever, an
other family member, Robbie
Boyd Jenkins Burt, submitted
a petition with 43 signatures of
people who opposed the move
and asked the BOC to keep it
a county road.
During a public hearing June
13, the BOC unanimously
voted to keep its public road
status after hearing from fam
ily members on both sides of
the issue. Victoria Boyd left
Someone began construction on a fence that extended about
2 feet into the roadway two days after the public meeting.
the historic courthouse shortly
after the panel made their deci
sion. Before the sun even set
that same evening, somebody
seriously damaged the dirt
road.
Robbie
Boyd Jenkins
Burt reported
the damage to
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partment of Education awards
outstanding teachers with the
prestigious Exemplary English
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This year, Pamela Smith,
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Burke County Middle School
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all 14 of those years educating
both her English/Social Studies
students as well as her ESOL
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academic success.
The Georgia Department of
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The County Manager’s of
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The Board of Commission
ers approved a resolution that
states the county will submit a
pre-application.
If the county secures the
$500,000 grant, they intend to
use the funding to construct a
splash pad, concession stand,
walkway and additional park
ing at Citizen’s Park. A 50%
match is required of the county.
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