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T-SPLOST meeting in Waycross today

Update 12:30 8 September 2011: SGRC provided a fixed link to the
public comment form.

The first SGRC public meeting about the T-SPLOST

Draft Constrained Investment List
is today in Waycross:


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Wednesday, September 7, 2011; 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.; at the Southern
Georgia Regional Commission Waycross Office; 1725 South Georgia Parkway
West, Waycross, Georgia; presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m.

If you live near Waycross, you may want to compare your local projects
in the

Draft Constrained Investment List
with the previous
unconstrained list
to see what’s still in there and if there are any

50% cost increases like the Old US 41 North widening.

The
VLMPO SGRC web page
includes a link to a
Public Comment Form
but as you can see that link gets “page cannot be found”.
Doubtless that’s an accident, given that VLMPO is and SGRC are among
the most devoted to transparency of local governmental organizations.

Fixed now, with this new link to the public comment form.

I’d like to point out VLMPO SGRC does T-SPLOST administration,
but is not responsible for the content of the project lists;
those come from your local governments and are selected by
the T-SPLOST regional committee and the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Here’s the

PDF public meeting notice
received 30 August from VLMPO SGRC along with the

cover letter already published.
HTML version is appended below.

-jsq

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T-SPLOST Public Meetings Set —SGRC

Received yesterday. -jsq

For Immediate Release For More Information Contact:
August 25, 2011 Corey Hull, 229-333-5277

Public Meetings Set for Transportation Sales Tax Project List



The Southern Georgia Regional Transportation Roundtable has set a series
of public meetings to review the Draft Constrained Investment List for
the following counties, representing the Special District for a proposed
transportation sales and use tax: Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien,
Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier,
Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner, and Ware.

In 2010, Governor Sonny Perdue signed into law the Transportation
Investment Act of 2010, a law prescribing a regional sales tax referendum
for transportation projects. Jay Roberts, State Representative from
District 154-Ocilla, and Chairman of the House Transportation Committee,
said “This law gives

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Comprehensive Plan Update Due

Hm, does Lowndes County also have to provide an update for the

Comprehensive Plan?
If so, where is it?
And how are we to find out about it?

Found in the
August Valdosta Planners Post:

STWP Update Due Fall 2011

The five‐year Short Term Work Plan (STWP) for the 2030 Greater Lowndes
County Comprehensive Plan is due for an update later this year. The
STWP is a key implementation tool that reflects the activities and
strategies to support the Comprehensive Plan goals, which the City
of Valdosta has undertaken for the past five years (2007‐2011). It
also sets future activities and strategies for the next five years
(2012‐2017). A ‘report of accomplishments’ that identifies the
current status of each activity in the current STWP must be submitted
to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. A local public hearing
must be held and a local resolution passed in order to adopt a the STWP
update. Please check our website at

www.valdostacity.com/planning
for news and meeting schedules related to the STWP update.

According to

the FAQ for the 2030 Greater Lowndes Comprehensive Plan:

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“I’m amazed at how someone could dare say…”

Brad Lofton responds to
Leigh Touchton’s letter of 16 September 2010.

-jsq

Date: Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 7:54 AM

From: Brad Lofton <blofton@industrialauthority.com>

Good morning Kay, Sandy et al.

Our unprecedented effort of educating the public included numerous public
hearings, briefings with all elected officials, the VDT Editorial Board and
groups all across Valdosta. We’ve even spent a great deal of effort trying
to brief the NAACP leaving messages and making numerous phone calls to Leigh
Touchton that have never been returned. We’ve spent more time educating the
community on this project then the sum of any other projects we’ve worked
combined. I’m amazed at how someone could dare say that we’ve not informed
the public. The vast majority of her concerns for our project would have
been answered two years ago if she had come to any of our forums or if she
would at least answer her phone when we call. Now that we’re moving into the
third year of due diligence, she’s concerned all of a sudden.

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