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Road near Sugar Valley, according to Public Works Director Steve Parris, who said there may be other rural roads with damage, but that won’t be fully known until water levels go down.
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“It will take some time,” Parris said. “We’re working on fixing everything that could be a hazard first. We’re just waiting on the rivers to go down and when they do the backwaters will go down.”
Both Moore’s Ferry Road and Harbor Road remained closed at their respective washout spots Tuesday.
With another half inch or more of rain over the weekend, area creeks and rivers remained over their banks to start the week with some other roads still closed due to water over the roadway or damage caused by flooding.
All area creeks and rivers were trending downward with water levels by Tuesday morning with more rain in the forecast for Wednesday.
According to the National Weather Service, more deaths occur each year due to flooding than from any other thunderstorm related hazard.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that over half of all flood-related drownings occur when a vehicle is driven into hazardous flood water. The next highest percentage of flood-related deaths is due to walking into or near flood waters.
People often underestimate the force and power of water, according to the CDC, and many of the deaths occur in cars swept downstream and are otherwise preventable.
Never drive around the barriers blocking a flooded road, as the road may have collapsed under that water, and it only takes six inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult. It takes just one foot of rushing water to carry away most cars and two feet of rushing water can carry away SUVs and trucks, making it never safe to cross flowing water.
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The Gordon County Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on April 12, 2021 at 6 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Gordon County Administration Building, 201 N. Wall Street, Calhoun, GA. The Planning Commission will review an application by Devin Oesterle (appl) Regan Stone (owner) requesting a Rezoning of property located at Shope Lake Rd., Calhoun, GA 30701 (behind BP Gas) Land Lot(s) 130, District 6, Section 3, Gordon County, GA, from zoning district A-1, Agricultural to zoning district C-G, General Commercial. Said property contains 3.79 acres. The Gordon County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on April 20, 2021 at 6 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Gordon County Administration Building, 201 N. Wall Street, Calhoun, GA to consider the recommendation of the Planning Commission on the above mentioned application and take Final Action thereon.
Anyone having an interest in the proposed action above is encouraged to attend these meetings. If one plans to oppose said