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The Summerville News, Thursday, October 6, 1988
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SUMMERVILLE CITY MANAGER GRADY McCALMON (BACK)
Goes Over U. S. 27 Bypass Map With DOT Official
Menlo
By KAREN COOK
Contributing Writer
Menlo water customers
may soon be receiving com
puterized water bills. The
Menlo Town Council is con
sidering the purchase of a com
puter approved by the Georgia
Municipal Association.
Joel Clark of Specialized
Data Systems Inc., based in
North (garolina, spoke to the
Menlo Council about a com
puter Tuesday night. He ex-
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plained to the Council members
that his company makes soft
ware specially designed for
small communities. The com
puter system that Clark recom
mended for Menlo would take
care of accounting and water
billing services. \
No action was taken on the
purchase of the computer.
However, it is being con
sidered. The price of the com
puter system, including train
ing, is $8,500.
The Council heard a com
plaint from Menlo resident
Leon Hall, who cited his
dissatisfaction with his water
bill. Apparently in one month,
Hall's water bill doubled. City
Summerville
officials said records showed
that an error was made on the
smaller bill and that the money
Hall owes on the larger bill is
an accurate amount. Hall com
glained that he should have
een notified that he was using
such a large amount of water.
Hall apparently has his
residence, pfus a trailer home
and a pig barn with 24-hour
sprinklers on one residential
water line. The Council delayed
action on Hall's complaint un
til a full meeting of the water
board is held. The water usage
apparently came during the
drought when Meno water
customers were being asked to
conserve water.
Meanwhile, city officials
said Chattooga County Com
missioner Harry Powell had
notified Menlo's private gar
bage contractor that the coun
ty %andfill is no longer open to
private contractors.
The contractor, Billy
Wright, then asked Menlo for
an increase in pay since he now
has to take the garbage to the
Walker County landfi]f at an in
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A total of 116 people show
ed up for a hearing last week on
a proposed U. S. Highway 27
bygass around Summerville
and Trion. The session was
%)onsored b¥ the Georgia
egartment of Transportation
(DOT).
Officials with the DOT had
expected more interest in the
project and broufiht some 500
explanatory handouts to the
hearing on Thursday evening.
It won't be possible to
determine whether area
residents favor or oppose the
bypass until a 10-day comment
geriod ends next Monday, said
rank Penson of the pre
construction department otpthe
DOT, Cartersville District
Office.
COMMENTS
Based on random com
ments heard at the hearing, it
appeared that opinion of the
prot);ect was about evenlgl divid
ed between those who favor it
and those who are against the
bypass.
Those attending the hear
ing were Eiven an opportunity
to write their comments and to
give verbal remarks to a court
reporter provided by the DOT.
Two large aerial maps of the
byqass route were taped to
walls of the Summerville
Recreation Center. Maps of the
three-lane U. S. 27 project from
the foot of Taylors Ridge into
Summerville were also provid
ed at the hearing.
“The reason for bypassing
Summerville is that the ex
isting highway cannot be im-
Elroved to K;‘ovide a high-speed
ighway through town,” accor
ding to a DOT fact sheet hand
ed out at the hearing. ‘lt is an
ticipated that when the entire
U § 27 has been improved
that it will reduce the volume
of traffic now using I-75."
FOUR LANES
Beginning at Gore, U. S. 27
would%e lvlgfened to four lanes
with a 44-foot median for 1.2
miles to Mack White Gap,
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MAYOR SEWELL CASH COMMENTS ON BYPASS
During Public Hearing Last Thuréda)7
crease in cost. The Council
agreed to temporarily pay the
increase of approximately $25
to S3O per week. The increase
may be passed along to gar
bage customers at a later date.
The Council is also con
sidering adogting an ordinance
concerning the repair of leaking
water pipes.
After notification, a person
with leaking water pipes will be
required to have them fixed at
his own expense. If after
notification tEe customer still
has not fixed the leaking water
pipes, then the city may
disconnect the water until the
leaks are repaired. No official
action was taken on the
proposition.
%ualifyin dates for the
Menlo City e%ection was set at
the Council meeting. Persons
may qualify for seats 3, 4 and
5 held respsectively by Tommy
Ballard, T. J. Luther and Lee
Roy Tucker. Qualifying dates
are Nov. 1-5. Hours for quali
fying are normal business
hours with 5:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 15, being the deadline.
another DOT handout
reported. The four-lane bypass
would begin at the top of
Taylors Ridge and continue
north to the bottom of the
ridge. It would parallel the
west side of the ridge base
before curvin&, west to the in
tersection of Welcome Hill and
Spring Creek Roads at U. S. 27
north of Trion.
The DOT said access would
be partially limited for the en
tire 5.6-miles of the new bypass
section.
The three-lane project
would begin at the current in
tersection of U.S. 27 and
Butler Road at the base of
Taylors Ridge south of Sum
merville. An additional 12-foot
lane would be added along a
2.7-mile stretch from the bot
tom of the ridge to Maple
Drive in Summerville. file
Chattooga River bridge would
be widened to four lanes, the
DOT handouts indicated. The
rest of U.S. 27 along Rome
Boulevard would be restriped
to provide for three 12-1}())ot
lanes.
ORIGINAL PLAN
The DOT had originally
f)roposed that U. S. 27 be five
aned into Summerville but
when Hal Rives, current DOT
commissioner, was named, he
immediately said a bypass
would be built around Summer
ville and Trion and that the
road into Summerville would
be widened to only three lanes.
The Summerville City
Council had asked the DOT
after it proposed the five-lane
project to reduce the width of
the roadway along Rome
Boulevard to four lanes.
Mayor Sewell Cash and
other city officials have ex
pressed their dissatisfaction
with the three-lane concept on
several occasions, saying that
a four-lane or five-lane road in
to Summerville is needed for
future economic growth. The
DOT has contended that a
four- or five-lane road isn’t
needed from Taylors Ridge in
to Summerville.
The poll manager will be
Catherine Hurtt.
Finally an update was given
on the Menlo sewerage system.
Mayor Theresa Canada told
Council members that the
street resurfacing is basically
complete. Landscape work
along the sewer lines is still
continuing. The sewer plant
ponds are currently being fill
ed with water and the fencing
around the plant is continuing,
she said.
The Menlo Council met for
one and one-half hours.
Rotary Talk
Dan Sweitzer, executive
director of Chattooga County
Hospital and Oak View Nurs
ing Home, will address the
noon Monday meeting of the
Summerville-Trion gßotary
Club at The Tavern.
His topic is expected to be
the financial status of the
medical facilities, as well as
projected improvements in
services.
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Look As Feature On U. S. 27 Bypass Map Is Pointed Out
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RESIDENTS, LEGISLATORS DISCUSS U. S. 27 BYPASS
Steve Ayers, Rep. Crawford, Sen. Huggins, J. P. Smith
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