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Whitfield County approves intersection upgrade, multiple rezonings and grants at Sept. 12 meeting
Summary
The Whitfield County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 12 approved a $298,095.44 intersection contract, several rezoning and annexation responses, grant and contract amendments for CHIP administration, and a bridge change order while hearing public concerns about north-end housing growth.
Whitfield County commissioners on Sept. 12 approved several routine and project-specific actions, including a $298,095.44 contract for intersection improvements, multiple land‑use decisions and grant-related approvals, and they heard public comments raising traffic, school-capacity and environmental concerns tied to large housing developments in the county's north end.
The board voted 4-0 to authorize Bartow Paving to perform intersection improvements at McGaughey Chapel Road and Old Prater Mill Road using 2020 SPLOST funds. County administration presented the proposal and the board authorized the chairman to sign the contract.
On land-use matters, the board registered no land-use objections to several annexation parcels submitted by the cities of Dalton and Varnell. The board denied one notable rezoning request: the Planning Commission's recommendation to deny Wheeler Dam Properties’ petition to rezone 34.30 acres on Wheeler Dam…
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