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The Road Ahead: Two key Lumpkin roads would get attention if sales tax passes
Tax would go toward Ga. 60, Morrison Moore improvements
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David Wimpy, director of Lumpkin County Emergency Services, talks about the need for improvements along Morrison Moore Parkway to help get equipment out of the station quicker. - photo by Tom Reed
When you talk roads in Lumpkin County, two biggies come to mind: Ga. 60 and Morrison Moore Parkway/Ga. 52, vital arteries into and around the tourism-heavy county seat and college town of Dahlonega. And the proposed 1 percent sales tax for transportation addresses both. If voters approve the tax on July 31, $48.5 million would be funneled toward the two roads.