Bridge to replace tunnel near Pinewood

The Fayette County Board of Commissioners has approved plans to build a pedestrian bridge instead of a tunnel next to the Pinewood Atlanta movie studio complex. The commissioners voted 4-0-1 (with Randy Ognio absent) recently to support a request by the City of Fayetteville to amend a 2013 annexation agreement in which the county will pay up to $754,934 toward construction of a bridge over Veterans Parkway, rather than the previously suggested tunnel.

Pinewood Atlanta would contribute $60,000 to the project. The bridge would connect the studio with the Pinewood Forrest mixed-use development planned for the opposite side of the parkway.

Group considering anti-litter campaign

The Hapeville Clean and Beautiful Commission will look at starting an “Adopt a Street” anti-litter campaign in the city of Hapeville next year. The commission maintains nine flower beds in the city of Hapeville, work that includes mulching, planting and cleaning. Several commission members are among those certified to monitor water quality at the Cofield Park stream in Hapeville, headwaters of the South River. The group has also done two stream remediation and cleanup projects at the stream, assisted by community volunteers from Porsche. The Hapeville Clean and Beautiful Commission’s first meeting of 2017 will be at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 9 in the Hapeville City Hall conference room, 3468 N Fulton Ave.

Board approves 2018-2019 calendar

The Henry County Board of Education recently approved the