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WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2008
THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
PAGE 3A
Planning commission gives
OK to mud-bogging facility
BY CHRIS BRIDGES
Despite expressing various con
cerns, members of the Banks County
Planning Commission approved a
conditional use application for a
mud-bogging facility on Browns
Bridge Road during its May meet
ing Tuesday night.
Property owner Michael Cline
wants to use 38 acres of land for the
mud track which would operate on
weekends only. Cline outline several
details of the operation which would
include providing security from the
Banks County Sheriff’s Office and
on-site EMS personnel.
Planning commission chairper
son Alicia Andrews said Madison
County had a similar operation and
one issue which began a concern
was vehicles getting mud on nearby
highways.
Cline addressed this by saying
his operation would make sure all
vehicles leave the mud track street
safe by having to pass through a
wash area.
“We will also have pressure wash
ers available,” Cline said. “There
is also going to be approximately
300 feet of gravel which trucks will
travel over before getting back to the
highway.”
Cline also said when his operation
first opens it would have a street
sweeper available although he did
not believe it would be a necessary
use. The run-off from washing the
vehicles would go back into the
mud pit.
Cline also noted his facility would
not be for monster trucks such as
Bigfoot and those with “six foot
tires.”
Andrews also expressed concern
over spectators consuming alcohol
and asked Cline if he was going to
allow this.
Cline said he was not going to
deny the people the right to consume
alcohol but noted he would have
professional security on hand.
“We are going to have a uni
formed deputy from the sheriff’s
office as well as others working the
crowd,” he said. “We aren’t going to
have high school students serving as
security. We will have a true security
presence around.”
Andrews asked Cline if alcohol
issues became a concern would he
consider banning it.
Cline said he would have to see
how “concern” was defined.
“If we have one person get drunk
and fall down out of 1,000 people,
then I don’t know if I call that a
problem,” he said. “It is not our goal
to cause problems for the commu
nity. We want to provide a way to
have fun.”
Planning commission members
also expressed concern about traffic
entering the event but Cline said the
makeup of the facility would be able
to handle the expected traffic.
Andrews also requested that Cline
not begin operations on Sunday until
1 p.m. to which he agreed.
The Planning commission unani
mously voted to approve Cline’s
request, which still must meet
approval from the Banks County
Board of Commissioners Tuesday
during their May meeting at 6:30
p.m. in the courthouse. No one
spoke in opposition to the mud track
facility during the Planning com
mission meeting.
Cline originally spoke at a BOC
meet in March but commissioners
told him to first speak with zoning
officer Keith Covington about the
matter.
Maysville to change garbage pickup
BY JUSTIN POOLE
The city of Maysville will be swit
ching companies for trash pickup.
During the meeting Monday eve
ning, the council discussed staying
with R&W Sanitation or changing
to WastePro.
John Bellamy from WastePro
spoke about the kinds of services
that the company could offer to city
residents.
“Essentially, what we are going to
be doing is somewhat like you have
now,” said Bellamy. “We are going
to be bringing brand new containers
for everybody, and we are adjusting
pricing to $12 for the first year ...
in addition to basic weekly services,
we have established a location, not
definitive yet, for a drop-off recy
cling service.”
After the first year, the cost would
increase by one dollar. Any future
increases would have to be approved
by the council. The recycling servi
ces, open to residents who want to
participate, could include drop-off
aluminum, plastic, newspaper, and
cardboard boxes.
WastePro would continue garbage
pickups on Wednesdays.
Mayor Jerry Baker said that the
transition would not take place until
July.
The council members voted to
change services after a brief dis
cussion about what each company
offered the city.
OTHER BUSINESS
The Maysville City Council also
took the following action during
Monday’s meeting:
•approved a slate of five resi
dents to serve on the Downtown
Development Authority: Mary Hart,
Kay Daniel, Catherine Daniels,
Charles Floyd, Melody Stancil, and
Marilyn Sherry. Council member
Lyn Villyard will serve as the city
council representative on the DDA.
•approved the short term work
program resolution.
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WRECK PREVENTED
This photo, provided by the Georgia Department of Transportation, depicts how cable barrier
help in preventing cross-over collisions.
CABLE BARRIER
A cable barrier system is shown along I-85 in Franklin County. The DOT plans to install a similar
system through Gwinnett, Barrow, Jackson and Banks counties starting late summer or early
fall. Photo provided by the Georgia DOT
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Come late summer, those won’t
be sidewalks being installed in
the median of Interstate 85.
Instead, those two-foot wide
concrete pads will run under a
new cable barrier system designed
to prevent deadly cross-over
wrecks.
Already, the Georgia Depart
ment of Transportation is receiv
ing plenty of “silly questions”
related to a similar project in
Forsyth County, where crews are
installing 13.3 miles of cable bar
rier along Ga. Hwy. 400, accord
ing to spokesperson Teri Pope.
“It’s not sidewalks. It’s illegal
to walk on (I-85) and we don’t
encourage anyone to walk on
(I-85). This is to improve safety,”
Pope said.
The Georgia DOT will install a
cable barrier system along 41.3
miles along I-85 from Ga. Hwy.
20 in Gwinnett County, through
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The $6.1 million project will
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where cable barriers along the
interstate now extend to Hart
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Construction — which will also
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summer or early fall, Pope said.
Despite hundreds of “silly”
inquiries about the “sidewalks”
along Ga. 400, the cable barrier
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weren’t so high and cars didn’t
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The cable barrier system
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State transportation officials
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May 2007, the DOT said the
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