John S.
Quarterman
3338 Country Club Rd #L336
Valdosta, GA 31605
25 January 2010
Ken Sherrill
Chairman
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
Dear Chairman Sherrill,
Congratulations on the new
proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and on the
process by which they were produced. Any public plan can be
improved by external input and public hearings, as changes
to the ULDC and to the Comprehensive Plan continue to
demonstrate. Planning for the entire county can reduce
mismatches of effort and promote development close in to
existing services while perserving neighborhoods,
agriculture, and wildlife.
I’d like to bring to your
attention another opportunity for improvement. Lowndes
County has a
Thoroughfare Plan whose author says it
"works as a guide for development and potential use
changes in property." This is the same purpose as the
Comprehensive Plan, so it should be of interest to the
Planning Commission.
The county lets contracts for
road work based on the Thoroughfare Plan, and as the county
says, once a road is paved or widened, it can support denser
use. Some of this road work is in areas
Continue reading →