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Effingham County reviews draft Master Transportation Plan, highlights freight routes and roundabout strategy
Summary
County engineer Jonathan Holm led a work-session review of the draft Master Transportation Plan, emphasizing freight-route updates, proposed new roads and an expanded roundabout program; commissioners asked for timelines and a July follow-up workshop.
Jonathan Holm, Effingham County engineer, presented the draft Effingham County Master Transportation Plan in a June 17 work session and asked the Board of Commissioners for comment ahead of a planned July follow-up workshop. "This is kind of a plan to help guide the county ... to make a wiser decision or a more informed decision with some data," Holm said, adding the document is intended as a flexible guide rather than a binding mandate.
The draft updates the county’s freight-route network to reflect recent designations such as Bluejay Road, Sand Hill and portions of McCall Road and shows proposed new roads including an extension of Effingham Parkway. Holm said the plan identifies both intersection improvements and larger network projects, and includes a prioritization and funding snapshot…
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