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Traffic is key issue in meeting about proposed retirement community
Plan calls for 820 homes for seniors
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Tad Braswell, principal of Oak Hall Companies, talks during a community meeting Tuesday about a proposed retirement community off Dawsonville Highway/Ga. 53 in Gainesville.
Plans for a massive retirement community off Dawsonville Highway/Ga. 53 and Ahaluna Drive in Gainesville have residents concerned about a further meltdown in traffic. “It’s almost in crisis mode, and it’s not at all clear what can be done about it,” Lakeshore Heights resident Pat Horgan said during a Tuesday public meeting on the project. “There aren’t a lot of alternatives, other than a bridge across the lake.