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THE
^ISLANDER
Published by
Permar Publications
www.theislanderonline.com
ssislander@bellsouth.net
May 6, 2019
Established in 1972
Vol 47 Issue 18
County not
happy with
fix for Altama
Connector / Spur
By Pamela Permar-
Shierling
While the Glynn County
Board of Commissioners
(BOC) accepted the engineer
ing ‘fix’ to the traffic conges
tion in the area of the Altama
Connector and the Spur, they
were not thrilled about it.
Chairman Mike Browning
commented, “People are go
ing to be driving in a direction
they don’t want to go.”
But then he said, “It’s a
good plan given what we have
to work with. But we need to
find a way to get people out
of Chick-Fil-A, Home Depot,
and the Golden Corral directly
onto the Spur.”
A presentation of the traffic
improvements was made dur
ing the BOC work session last
Tuesday, April 30.
Pond Engineering studied
the area east and west on the
Altama Connector from the
Home Depot, east across the
Spur to the Walmart; and
north and south along the
Spur from the Golden Isles
Plaza to slightly south of the
Chick-Fil-A.
The problems, as anyone
who travels this area knows,
are the entrance / exit to
Golden Isles Plaza off Altama
Connector and those trying to
leave the Home Depot parking
lot at the same intersection.
The proposed improve
ments at Altama Connector
and Golden Isles Plaza includ
ed raised medians on Altama
Connector, restrict through
and left turn movements from
side streets, add right turn
lanes to Altama Connector.
Drivers would be forced to
turn right out of Golden Isles
Plaza or the Home Depot
parking lot so some drivers
would be headed in a direc
tion opposite from what they
Turn to Page 10
Altama Connector
Trimming begins
Above: Andy Jones
of Jones Maintenance
Co. began trimming
the live oak trees in
Neptune Park last
Tuesday (April 30)
after being contracted
for the work by Glynn
County.
Below: Board Certified
arborist Daniel Lippi
(right), of Advanced
Tree Care Inc. of St.
Augustine was hired by
the county to instruct
and supervise the live
oak canopy reduction
pruning and support
crutch placement
for the Neptune Park
trees. Here, Lippi and his father Charles Lippi discuss placement of the structures that will support
the tree limbs. Photos provided by Glynn County
JWSC Director resigns
By Pamela Permar-Shierling
Rumors flew even before
the official notice came from
the Brunswick Glynn Joint
Water and Sewer Commission
that stated a meeting would
be held Wednesday, May
8 at 9 a.m. to “consider the
resignation of the Executive
Director.”
Apparently the decision
to oust Executive Director
Jimmy Junkin was finalized
in an hour long closed session
Thursday, May 2.
JWSC commissioners were
asked for comment but re
fused except to say that Junk
in had resigned.
Junkin came to the JWSC
officially in August 2016 from
the Tuscaloosa (Ala) Water
and Sewer Department where
he served as director.
Hurricane Matthew hit in
October 2016 and he brought
the system successfully
through that storm as well as
Hurricane Irma in 2017.
Junkin was not shy about
telling the commission what
he thought the county’s water
and sewer system needed and
putting a price tag on it.
Turn to Page 4
Junkin
Union St. couple
concerned about
Logistec fires
By Pamela Permar-
Shierling
A couple who live on Union
Street on the south end of
Brunswick spoke to the Bruns
wick City Commission last
week (May 1) about the fires
at the Logistec warehouse on
Bay Street that houses wood
pellets.
The most recent fire was
Easter Sunday morning when
the pellets in the warehouse
caught on fire. A Brunswick
firefighter was taken to South
east Georgia Health System
and treated for carbon monox
ide poisoning. Some Logistec
employees also were treated
on the scene for carbon mon
oxide poisoning.
The couple complained
about the lingering smell of
the fire at their home and not
Turn to Page 5
Logistec
Plan to
install new
water meters
discussed at
JWSC
By Pamela Permar-
Shierling
Last week during the
Brunswick Glynn Joint Wa
ter and Sewer Commission
(JWSC) meeting (May 2),
commissioners were updated
on the utility’s meter replace
ment project.
The JWSC is in the process
of finalizing an RFP (request
for proposal) to solicit AMI
(advanced metering infra
structure) proposals to provide
new metering infrastructure
with telemetry capabilities
that meters can be monitored
in real time.
Existing meters are be
yond their expected life and
Turn to Page 4
JWSC
County-Wide News - Read County-Wide
Page 2 - Twitty Park to remain a park
Page 3 - SGHS Wound Care Center receives
national award
Page 8 - Mosaic opens
Page 13 - Talking Sports with Dave Jordan
Page 14 - Pew News
Page 15 - Historic Preservation Month
Page 16- Back Talk
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