{"id":4350,"date":"2013-06-24T19:07:22","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T23:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=4350"},"modified":"2013-06-24T19:08:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T23:08:32","slug":"to-rename-george-road-first-find-it-lcc-2013-06-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/to-rename-george-road-first-find-it-lcc-2013-06-24.html","title":{"rendered":"To rename George Road, first find it @ LCC 2013-06-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nCommissioners had trouble figuring out which road the County Engineer\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Usn5agr1voA\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/Usn5agr1voA\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nwanted to rename, and which roads had already been closed, at\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/videos-2-appointments-3-public-hearings-9-considerations-and-2-bids-lcc-2013-06-24.html\">\r\nthis morning&#8217;s Lowndes County Commission Regular Session<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9128751995\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Commissioner Crawford Powell questioning County Engineer Mike Fletcher\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3676\/9128751995_40b7a0f43b_z.jpg\" alt=\"Commissioner Crawford Powell questioning County Engineer Mike Fletcher\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"float:right;width:300px\"><tr><td>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=hickory+grove+road,+valdosta,+ga&amp;hl=en&amp;sll=30.840205,-83.293535&amp;sspn=0.00923,0.013132&amp;hnear=Hickory+Grove+Rd+N,+Valdosta,+Georgia&amp;t=m&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;ll=30.720145,-83.13715&amp;spn=0.044272,0.051498&amp;z=13&amp;iwloc=A&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=hickory+grove+road,+valdosta,+ga&amp;hl=en&amp;sll=30.840205,-83.293535&amp;sspn=0.00923,0.013132&amp;hnear=Hickory+Grove+Rd+N,+Valdosta,+Georgia&amp;t=m&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;ll=30.720145,-83.13715&amp;spn=0.044272,0.051498&amp;z=13&amp;iwloc=A&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small>\r\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n6.a. Renaming George Road (CR #105)\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"font-style: normal\">\r\nThere are two George Roads in the county and residents\r\nwant to change the name of this one to Caney(?) Branch Road.\r\nThere were some questions from Commissioners, mostly about where that road is.\r\nCommissioner Crawford Powell kept asking if it was a continuation\r\nof Corbett Road.\r\nCounty Engineer Mike Fletcher said no, and the part of Corbett\r\nRoad Powell was thinking of was closed.\r\nApparently the Commission has closed so many roads even the\r\nCommissioners can&#8217;t keep track of which they are.\r\n<p style=\"font-style: normal\">\r\nIf the Commissioners, with their packets in front of them, were confused,<!--more-->\r\nso much more so probably are you, dear readers, who don&#8217;t\r\nhave those packets.\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=hickory+grove+road,+valdosta,+ga&#038;hl=en&#038;ll=30.720145,-83.13715&#038;spn=0.073934,0.105057&#038;sll=30.840205,-83.293535&#038;sspn=0.00923,0.013132&#038;hnear=Hickory+Grove+Rd+N,+Valdosta,+Georgia&#038;t=m&#038;z=13\">\r\nCR 105, aka George Road East<\/a>, runs between Hickory Grove Road\r\nand Statenville Road (GA 376) east of Lake Park.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/thoroughfare-plan-for-lowndes-county.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3162\/3050824959_32b74f0142_m.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nI know this because I have a copy of the Lowndes County\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/thoroughfare-plan-for-lowndes-county.html\">Thoroughfare Plan<\/a>.\r\nThat Plan no longer seems to be on the county&#8217;s website.\r\nAnd only a few weeks ago one Commissioner was unaware it even existed.\r\nAh, transparency in Lowndes County!\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Usn5agr1voA\">\r\nthe video:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Usn5agr1voA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nTo rename George Road, first find it\r\n<br>\r\nWork Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\r\n<br>\r\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 24 June 2013.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commissioners had trouble figuring out which road the County Engineer wanted to rename, and which roads had already been closed, at this morning&#8217;s Lowndes County Commission Regular Session. 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