On January 24 at 4PM the GADOT will hold a meeting on the Sardis Church Road extension. This will attract the hippies at CAUTION Macon, the fruitcakes, and those who want South Bibb to stay in the early Sixties.

The roads project won' t solve all Bibb's problems but will make it safer to get through South Bibb and to its factories and Robins Air Force Base.

Eventually, according to plans, the road will stretch to Sgoda Road in Twiggs County. Thankfully GADOT plans for Sardis Church Road have it widened to four lanes. If plans from a few years ago are followed, new construction will stretch from near Nowell Road to a quarter of a mile from Houston and Walden Roads. It will cross South Walden Road above Glen Haven Memorial Gardens and rendezvous with Avondale Mill Road.

Will the Sardis Church Road project send our community into a downward spiral? Poor zoning regulation has allowed two trailer parks, several rinky-dink houses, and other trashy developments to settle in South Bibb. So where were the crybabies back then?

I still would like to see us reform our city government, fix our public schools, and do better with our industry recruitment. Saying no to the Sardis Church project would hurt and not help.