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Commissioners approve controversial R‑8 rezoning on U.S. 80 after debate over drainage, traffic and school impacts
Summary
The Board of Commissioners approved a rezoning to allow an R‑8 single‑family subdivision on a 51‑acre tract along U.S. Highway 80 after lengthy public comment raising flooding, traffic, school capacity and environmental concerns; approval passed 3–2 with conditions including road and buffering requirements.
Bullock County commissioners approved a rezone request to convert roughly 51 acres along U.S. Highway 80 to R‑8 (8,000‑square‑foot minimum lot size) for a proposed single‑family subdivision, voting 3–2 to grant the request with staff-recommended conditions.
Attorney Steven Rushing, representing the John and Marie Honeycutt Family limited partnership, said the plan calls for about 134 single‑family lots served by municipal water and sewer from Statesboro and that the sketch plan avoids wetlands and includes stormwater detention. Rushing said engineers will work with county and state agencies to provide safe access and to mitigate…
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