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Controversial subdivision can go forward after 4-2 commission vote

Dozens of citizens opposed zoning change and planning board recommended denial

Amy Taylor, whose family lives in a home on a five-acre tract near the planned Shuman Road and Old River Road subdivision, speaks in opposition to the zoning change during the Sept. 5 county commission meeting. Seen behind her in this screenshot from the county’s video, others who attended in opposition to the change stand up.

County — Amy Taylor, whose family lives in a home on a five-acre tract near the planned Shuman Road and Old River Road subdivision, speaks in opposition to the zoning change during the Sept. 5 county commission meeting. Seen behind her in this screenshot from the county’s video, others who attended in opposition to the change stand up.

AL HACKLE/Staff

Published: Sep 16, 2023, 2:40 AM

Developer Robert K. Bell Jr. can move forward with creating an up to 62-house subdivision on 60.2 acres of previously agricultural land on Shuman Road and Old River Road, since the Bulloch County commissioners voted 4-2 on Sept. 5 to approve the zoning change.

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