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Jasper County reviews Jasper Telfair PDD concept; council presses for traffic safety proof
Summary
Jasper County council members were introduced to the Jasper Telfair Plan Development District concept plan and a revised traffic impact study. Council members raised safety concerns about truck movements, turn-lane lengths and asked staff to return with the revised study and written documentation from reviewers.
Jasper County council members were updated on the Jasper Telfair Plan Development District (PDD) and its concept plan at a workshop, where planners and the developer said they had completed a revised traffic impact study and the county’s third-party reviewer had reviewed it.
Planning staff (Miss Wagner) told the council the proposal covers three parcels at the intersection of Highway 17 and Highway 315 totaling 30 acres and is currently zoned general commercial. The PDD, staff said, would limit some uses allowed under the buy-right commercial zone and add site-specific conditions such as turn-lane and median requirements. Miss Wagner presented a concept showing two buildings and noted the PDD ‘‘restricts some of the uses that would be allowed in general commercial’’ to avoid incompatible activities.
Developer Mark Barrineau, managing partner…
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