Receiving the news about Parkway funding; Commissioner Lyn Holcomb, Travis Turner, Senator Steve Gooch, Commissioner Craig Bryant and Terry Goodger (photo/wrwh.com)
(Cleveland)- White County Employees received some goods news Thursday with the announcement of a cost of living pay raise from the White County Board of Commissioners but, White County citizens and those visiting the Northeast Georgia area will benefit from a big announcement Thursday, that funding has been secured for phase three of the Appalachian Parkway around Cleveland.
State Senator Steve Gooch of Dahlonega reported that money has been allocated for the $14.8 -million dollar project that will, when finished in late 2019, completes the road that will help move traffic around Cleveland and into the northeast Georgia mountains more efficiently.
Gooch gave lots of credit to Governor Nathan Deal and Georgia Department of Transportation Commissioner Russell McMurry for making the money more readily available Gooch said, “This is about a 15-million dollar project that will begin sometime late next year, it wasn’t originally scheduled for next year, but we were able to work with DOT Commissioner Russell McMurry and move some money around and get fast-tracked.”
Phase one of the parkway, according to DOT represented a $50 million investment. The second phase, which was completed last July, cost $25 million.
