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Gainesville may spend $670,600 on Flat Creek project
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Flat Creek flows south of Atlanta Highway. Gainesville is developing a project with the Army Corps of Engineers that would restore a section of the creek from Dorsey Street to Hilton Drive, including under Atlanta Highway.
Gainesville is looking to pay the Army Corps of Engineers $670,600 to kickstart what will be the largest stream restoration project the city has done on long-troubled Flat Creek. The city is developing a project with the corps that would restore about 3,300 feet of Flat Creek from Dorsey Street to Hilton Drive, including under Atlanta Highway.The project's total cost would be $1.9 million, with the corps contributing more than $1.2 million. Gainesville's share would be paid for through the public utilities department's capital projects fund.
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Where a new subdivision is being developed off Lake Lanier
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Construction crews prepare new single-family homes and townhomes currently going up Wednesday, April 2, 2025, off Chestatee Rd. near Bolding Mill in Hall County at the new Falcon Landing subdivision. - photo by Scott Rogers
A new housing development is springing up off the shores of Lake Lanier.
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