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Vogtle Parkway Project meeting draws mixed emotions in Waynesboro

WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WJBF) – The Vogtle Parkway Project is a Transportation Investment Act project, which is a 1% sales tax that was passed in 2020 for the CSRA. The Vogtle Parkway project was on the list of projects to be completed with said tax. The project is set to tie Cates Mead Road to the Front entrance of Plant Vogtle, and will include two eleven foot lanes with rural shoulders. The project will create approximately 4 miles of new roadway, while using existing roadway to connect Plant Vogtle to Mike Padgett Highway (Hwy 56). WJBF spoke with Eric Wilkinson, Assistant State TIA Administrator who told us a benefit of the project, 'So, this will help get people on and in and out of the Plant Vogtle quicker, emergency response like if they have to leave the plant. It also gets them to and from Augusta and Waynesboro a lot quicker.' Thursday's public meeting was for residents of Waynesboro to ask questions and submit comments on the project. One of those residents was John Singletary, who told us there has been lack of transparency about the amount that residents who's properties would be effected by imminent domain once Right of Way has begun. 'There is zero dollars allocated for the Right of Way. No one in this meeting can tell me why there is still not one dollar that the public can see that shows how much they're going to be paying people for their land.' said Singletary. Singletary says, 'We all want to see progress the issue is not that we don't want to see progress. The issue is that progress should be fair and it should not allow individuals and the public to be taken advantage of simply because the government can strong arm an individual.' Wilkinson says the Right of Way will begin in 2027, and construction will start in 2029. To find more information and submit a comment on The Vogtle Parkway Project go to Deadline to submit a comment is April 4, 2025. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.