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  My recent 12 page full-color personal brochure (mostly about real estate) can be viewed as a PDF by clicking on the picture at right. You can then print it out if you want.  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

  The new Shop-Rite traffic pattern is still crazy, but that will change soon. The highway department has approved plans to line up Diamond Hill Road and Hendricks Store so they meet directly. This will be a big improvement.

The Route for Interstate 73 was finally been decided. (Click here to see a full page map.) The brown line on the map is where the highway will run, while the green lines were once considered possible paths. Construction of this new highway from Michigan to South Carolina will take a minimum of 10 years. Absolutely nothing has been built in our area, but things are under way in parts of North Carolina, and Ohio has seen some progress, too. Construction in our area is not expected to start for a while.   

 
   
   Still no word about
some safety improvements for the intersection of Route 122 and Routes 116/670 in Wirtz. It's 2 years and counting now for the Highway Dept. announce something on what is, in my opinion, one of the most dangerous intersections in the entire state. All they say is "we're working on it..."

  The Shoreline Management Plan has been in effect for 5 years now. Opponents of the original plan, which included myself, were successful in modifying the plan in a half-dozen important ways, including restoration of the use of rip-rap to control erosion. One key item has never been resolved, though, and that is the dredging restrictions. For example, the "plan" forces the property owners in this photo to leave much of this value destroying silt as is, instead of restoring the water to original depth!

   The plan, which is simply waterfront zoning at heart, has caused marina properties to skyrocket in value, since they are almost the only place high density residential construction is now allowed.   

  Phase 2 of Franklin Co.'s waterfront park is officially complete. Stop by and enjoy the walking trails, or bring your pole and do a little fishing. Best of all, at least for the kids, the beach is now open! No word yet on construction of a direct road to the park, (instead of coming thru Winding Waters), but I did hear someone say $500,000 for the road was in escrow. (I have not confirmed this.) 

 
 
        Illegal to dredge this now... Ouch!




          
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Dave Gresham: (540) 721-5050
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