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Carter Way Correction by Bill Slaughter @ LCC 2016-04-12

Thanks to Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter, here’s a correction to

Fixing private road Carter Way next to proposed Sabal Trail fracked methane path @ LCC 2016-04-12.



From: Bill Slaughter

Subject: Carter Way

Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 21:04:14 +0000

John,

I got a call today regarding comments that have been made about
Agenda Item 7.h on your blog page, for clarification COWART & Sons
was not awarded a contract for this emergency repair the contractor
was Rountree Construction!

We requested a temporary easement from property owner Cowart & Sons
to allow Rountree Construction to perform the work on a private road Continue reading →

Fixing private road Carter Way next to proposed Sabal Trail fracked methane path @ LCC 2016-04-12


Cowart & Son, Carter Way
If heavy rains washed out culverts on Carter Way, why would we not expect them to
wash up

the proposed Sabal Trail pipeline, aimed barely 500 feet to the west, downstream on Tiger Creek?
And why didn’t the county mention that the company to which they just awarded
an emergency no-bid contract to fix a private road owns extensive properties on that same private road?
Actually, no: see correction.

The Lowndes County Tax Assessors online database shows
Cowart & Son own
Parcel 0017 024 of 13.09 acres on Carter Way.
Yet the

item 7.h. Carter Way agenda sheet
for yesterday’s

12 April 2016 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.
mentions “Over 10 residences and a telecommunications tower” on Carter Way,
but never mentions that the contractor, Cowart & Sons,
just awarded that emergency no-bid contract for $67,822 to fix culverts on Carter Way,
is also located on Carter Way. Actually, Rountree Construction got the contract; see correction. It’s still an emergency no-bid contract for a private road.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

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