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Chattahoochee County approves GDOT right-of-way maintenance agreement for planned roundabout
Summary
The Chattahoochee County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a GDOT Right-of-Way Mowing & Maintenance Agreement tied to PI No. 0015687, a project that will install a single-lane roundabout at SR 1/SR 520 and CR 109 (Wells Street). The agreement assigns maintenance responsibility and liability to the county and requires compliance with MUTCD traffic-control standards.
The Chattahoochee County Board of Commissioners on March 4 approved a Right-of-Way Mowing & Maintenance Agreement with the Georgia Department of Transportation connected to PI No. 0015687, a project that includes a single-lane roundabout at the intersection of State Route 1/State Route 520 and County Road 109 (Wells Street).
The motion to approve the agreement was made by Commissioner Damon Hoyte and seconded by Commissioner Gerald Douglas; the vote was recorded as unanimous. The approval appears in the minutes as part of the commission’s regular meeting record.
The GDOT cover letter and contract language filed with the minutes specify that the department will install the roundabout and related landscaping and sidewalk elements, and the local government (Chattahoochee County) is authorized to perform ongoing maintenance in the GDOT right-of-way for the identified maintenance area (MP 4.76–5.56 on SR 1). The agreement explicitly places the costs and liability for maintenance on the local government, requires compliance with the Federal Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for any temporary traffic control, and sets out insurance and indemnity provisions.
The GDOT documentation included in the minutes names Tahirah Slaughter as GDOT’s project manager for questions and lists Kimberly W. Nesbitt as State Program Delivery Administrator on the transmittal letter from GDOT. The agreement describes typical maintenance activities (watering, pruning, weeding, mowing, litter removal, and repair of sidewalks/trails) and notes that significant landscaping or any work that interferes with traffic requires prior coordination and a traffic interruption report submitted to GDOT.
The commission’s approval places responsibility for routine landscape maintenance and related liabilities with Chattahoochee County while the state retains ownership of the right-of-way. Project plans and planting/maintenance detail were included in the meeting record; the minutes show the agreement was executed by GDOT and placed in the county’s project file.
The commission took the action as part of a brief meeting that also addressed several routine minutes approvals and other agenda items. No additional debate or public comment about the agreement is recorded in the minutes.
