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Residents ready for U.S. 129 widening in East Hall
Thursday meeting outlined DOT's plans
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Kevin DeWitt, assistant area engineer for construction with the GODT, points to a section of a map during a public information open house meeting held by the Georgia Department of Transportation at Sugar Hill Elementary School on Thursday. The open house was held to show plans for the widening of U.S. 129 from Ga. 332 to the Pendergrass Bypass in Jackson County. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Ronald and Margaret Gee of Talmo didn’t hold back their opinions of the planned widening of U.S. 129/Athens Highway in East Hall County. “We have been waiting on this for years,” Margaret Gee said, followed by a quick “I wish they’d start tomorrow” from husband Ronald. “It’s horrendous (traffic) especially at 4 or 5 (p.m.),” Ronald Gee said Thursday night after the couple left a Georgia Department of Transportation public meeting on the project.