Glynn County says GDOT will fund Old Jessup widening, designs planned for Perry Lane bridge and Driftwood boardwalk permit underway
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Glynn County officials told viewers on Good News Glenn that recent Atlanta meetings with GDOT and DNR yielded commitments to help fund Old Jessup Road widening, that design work for a Perry Lane bridge replacement will begin soon, and that a permit application is being prepared for a boardwalk at the Driftwood beach access.
Glynn County officials said in a county-run interview that state agencies have signaled support for several local transportation and beach-access projects after meetings in Atlanta.
Bill Fallon, the episode's guest who summarized Glynn County's recent agency outreach, said the Georgia Department of Transportation agreed to look at funding additional widening along Old Jessup Road and has placed a Perry Lane bridge replacement on its project list. "So, actually, we're gonna try and widen from Scranton Road, going kinda northwest towards, 341 for another phase," Fallon said, and he added that design for the Perry Lane bridge "is gonna start in the next couple of months." He characterized the work as safety-focused and said GDOT funding could arrive by the end of the county fiscal year in June.
Fallon also described ongoing work with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and federal resource agencies on beach and slough access. The county is assembling a permit application for sloughs and seeks a boardwalk at the Driftwood beach access "above the dunes" to improve visitor access and emergency equipment reach, he said. Fallon said the county is working through coordination with U.S. Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on a southern slough near Massengale to protect wildlife habitat while seeking a solution "that works for everybody."
The county framed these projects as extensions of prior partnerships: Fallon noted recent GDOT-supported roundabouts at Canal Road and the spur/99 intersection as precedents for state-local collaboration on safety projects.
The county did not provide specific contract amounts, exact funding commitments, or firm construction schedules beyond GDOT's anticipated design start and the county's fiscal-year funding target; Fallon said details and next steps would be worked out as project designs and permits progress. The report concluded with a reminder of community events including the Stu Billie competition at Mary Ross Park.