In response to a resident’s anxiety over a preservation project and a possible road closure near her home, an advocacy group overseeing the matter issued a statement Wednesday aiming to ease concerns or questions she and others may have. The Healan-Head Mill Historic Preservation Trust — which is advocating for the preservation and restoration of a crumbling 170-year-old gristmill off Whitehall Road near Lula — recently asked the county to close sections of the small road near Ga. 365. Whitney Smith-Thompson, who has lived on the road her whole life, said she felt there had not yet been enough input from area residents like herself concerning the possible road closure.