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Residents skeptical of US 129 widening project
DOT has held meetings on project twice before
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Residents, consultants and DOT employees come together Thursday night at the North Hall High School gym in Gainesville over the proposed widening of U.S. 129. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Residents expressed a wide range of opinions on widening U.S. 129 in North Hall — often depending on how they were affected — at a Thursday night meeting, but comments were commonly followed by “if the road ever gets built.” “I’m just going with the flow,” said Jason Truelove, who lives off Little River Park Road, north of Georgia State Patrol’s Post 6. “They say (the project) is closer, but I’ll believe it when I see it.”