GDOT will be hosting an open house to discuss replacing three existing bridges on Highway 369/Browns Bridge Road over Lake Lanier.

The public is invited to attend an informal open house meeting to discuss replacing three existing bridges on Highway 369/Browns Bridge Road over Lake Lanier in Forsyth and Hall Counties.

The open house, hosted by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), will be on Tuesday, May 22 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Little Mill Middle School located at 6800 Little Mill Road in Cumming.

Georgia DOT engineers and consultants will be available to discuss the proposals that involve replacing bridges over Six Mile Creek, Two Mile Creek and the Chattahoochee River portion of Lake Lanier.

“It’s an informal, come up and see the presentation – it’s a one-on-one discussion with folks,” said Teri Pope, spokesperson with GDOT.

For Immediate Release:  

May 15, 2012

Corps Suspends Permits and Pursues Water Safey at Lake Lanier 

Park Rangers at Lake Lanier are preparing for another busy recreation season while the water level at Lake Lanier continues to decline as drought conditions persist throught the southeast. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will curtail some of its operations.

On May 20, 2012, USACE will suspend evaluations of permit requests for new private docks received under the lottery system and requests for upgrades to existing private docks. This action is in response to a number of serious boating accidents and water-related deaths on Lake Lanier this year. USACE is refocusing all available park ranger staff to promote water safety through one-on-one contact with lake visitors.

”We regret any inconvenience this may cause, but it is important to be able to shift available staff to assist project visitors during the peak recreation season. We expect that we will need all available park rangers until some point after the Labor Day Holiday period,” said Lisa Coghlan, Deputy Public Affairs Officer.

For additional information contact USACE at 770-945-9531.

If you can’t make it to London for the upcoming Summer Games, no worries – just head out to Lake Lanier’s Clarks Bridge Park this weekend. The USA Canoe/Kayak Marathon Trials will be held there. This event determines which elite athletes will represent Team USA in the upcoming Olympic Games.

2012 USA Canoe/Kayak Marathon Trials
May 19-20
Lake Lanier Olympic Venue

For more info, call  770-287-7888

Or check out the Lanier Canoe Kayak Club here: www.lckc.org

With summer just around the corner, INK (the Interactive Neighborhood for Kids) is creating a new school – of fish. All week May 14-18 from 10-5 visitors to the hands on kids museum can make a fishy themed craft for $1 (members are free.)

Fish Craft Week
10 a.m. to 5 p.m
May 14-18

999 Chestnut St., Suite 11, Gainesville
770-536-1900

For more info, go to their website: www.inkfun.org

The comments received during the Glades Reservoir EIS scoping period are now posted to the project website. Please visit http://www.gladesreservoir.com/scoping-comments to view the scoping comments.

Please check the project website for updates and information http://www.gladesreservoir.com/

Forsyth County marked the completion of the county’s first stream restoration project with a ribbon cutting ceremony held Monday, May 7. Located inside Forsyth County’s Midway Park, the stream restoration project was designed to improve overall downstream watershed conditions by stabilizing and restoring approximately 1,000 feet of degraded stream bank, using natural channel design methods.

This project was supported by a United States Environmental Protection Agency 319(h) grant administered by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division.

Forsyth County School District has an average graduation rate score of 86.27% - far above the state average of 67.4%. Also higher than Fulton County at 70.05%. Forsyth County School superintendent Buster Evans stated he was pleased, “that our percentage of completion is at an even higher level above the state average than under the old rate. I think it is also significant that Forsyth is the largest district by size represented with a completion rate above 80 percent.”