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The Road Ahead: Sales tax would address unfinished Rabun project
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Rabun County Board of Commissioners Chairman Stan Darnell points out a bottleneck on U.S. 441 leading into Mountain City that will be corrected if the road is widened. - photo by Tom Reed
A southbound exit ramp on U.S. 441 at Rabun County High School was in the plans at one time. “But for cost-cutting reasons, it was taken out,” said Stanley “Butch” Darnell, chairman of the Rabun County Board of Commissioners. If the July 31 transportation sales tax vote passes in the 13-county Georgia Mountains region, the ramp would be restored, this time as a $3.2 million project with a projected completion of 2013-15.