Commissioners Approve Rehabilitation Work on County Bridges

CLEVELAND, Ga. — The White County Board of Commissioners approved  rehabilitation and improvement work on the Town Creek Road bridge and two bridges on New Bridge Road as part of the 2017 Local Maintenance Improvement Grant from the Georgia Department of Transportation during Thursday’s called meeting.

The grant is for $382,326.74 with a match of $114,694 from the county.

The board also approved a professional services agreement with Sastry Associates, Inc. for engineering work in conjunction with the LMIG project.

Commissioners then held a discussion, but took no action on, a proposed amendment to the White County Land Use Regulations that would permit a full-time child care facility to be built within agricultural and residential single-family districts.

The three commissioners who were present for the meeting (Chairman Travis Turner, Terry Goodger and Lyn Holcomb) indicated they could support what essentially would be a foster home with a limited number of children. However, they also said they want the request to go to the Planning Commission first and since that had not been done, they took no decision.