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Residents urge Whitfield County commissioners to weigh traffic, school and pollution risks from north-end housing growth
Summary
During the Sept. 12 public comment period residents warned that recent and proposed large housing developments at Whitfield County’s north end could increase traffic, pollution and strain schools; commissioners recorded the concerns while moving forward on several rezoning approvals and setting a public hearing on a road closure.
Multiple residents used the Sept. 12 public comment period to urge the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners to consider community impacts from large housing developments at the county’s north end.
Ann Blevins, who identified herself as residing on Wheeler Dam Road, voiced concern that approving rezoning there would increase traffic and pollution. Mary Smith and other neighborhood residents echoed worries about traffic increases as new…
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