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Petition the Commission: Keep County Road 16 leading to the Alapaha River open to public access

Seen Monday. -jsq


Lowndes County Commission: Keep County Road 16 leading to the Alapaha River open to public access.



Petition by

April Huntley

This access to the Alapaha River is the only remaining public access
within Lowndes County. It has great historical significance to the
Naylor community. It continues to be used by boaters, fishermen and
families for recreation.



To:

Lowndes County Commission

Keep County Road 16 leading to the Alapaha River open to public access.

Sincerely,

[Your name]

The Commission

decided 26 October 2010 to keep that road open


but because they think they have new information

have scheduled it for another public hearing and vote
apparently at their next Regular Session,
which is next Tuesday, 12 February 2013.

-jsq

Video, hearing about abandoning Old State Road at the Alapaha River @ LCC 2010-10-26



Here is video of the

public hearing in which the Lowndes County Commission
decided 26 October 2010
not to abandon a portion of Old State Road leading to the Alapaha River.


This is the same stretch of road

that's scheduled for another such hearing in two weeks from tomorrow.



The camera aim is a bit erratic, and you can see why we hadn't already
posted this video (which is actually several briefer videos pasted together
with a few gaps).
Yet you can clearly see, after
Glenda Cofield and

Steve Bays
spoke against closing the road,



someone else
started speaking from the audience.
Then



Commissioner Joyce Evans asked those opposed to stand up,
and many people did.
You can see County Engineer Mike Fletcher in the background.












Presumably some of the people who stood were among the 450 people
mentioned in

the minutes:

Glenda Cofield, Mullins Lane, spoke against the request, and presented
a petition submitted prior to the work session with the unverified
signatures of 450 area residents included.

Why were the signatures still unverified if she submitted the petition
before the work session of the previous day?

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Public Hearing for Road Abandonment of Old State Road @ LCC 2010-10-26

In 2010, 450 people signed a petition to keep open
the road leading to Hotchkiss Landing on the Alapaha River,
according

the Lowndes County Commission minutes
for the 26 October 2010 Public Hearing.




Photograph by Brett Huntley.

Abandon a portion of Old State Road (CR 16), County
Manager, Joe Pritchard, presented the road closure for consideration,
adding that the engineering department had indicated twenty-five
vehicles per day on the road. Glenda Cofield, Mullins Lane, spoke
against the request, and presented

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