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March 22, 2006
Stop I-3 Coalition to hold public information meeting
in Clarkesville
February 22, 2006
More county commissions vote to oppose I-3 corridor
February 6, 2006
Macon County commissioners vote to oppose interstate
corridor
December 21, 2005
Stop I-3 partners with SAFC
December 14, 2005
Stop I-3 Petition Drive Underway
September 7, 2005
Stop I-3 Coalition calls on Congress to redirect
highway money to Gulf reconstruction
August 24, 2005
Mountain residents raise common-sense questions
and concerns about Interstate
August 8, 2005
Norwood goes into "neutral" on I-3 for
constituents in Georgia mountains
August 4, 2005
White County Commissioners Take Strong Stand, Oppose
Interstate 3
July 27, 2005
Federal studies cast doubt on economic benefit of
Interstates
July 26, 2005
Mountain communities organize to fight new interstate
highway
July 9, 2005
Rabun commissioners declare unanimous opposition
to Interstate
July 4, 2005
Rabun residents form Stop I-3 chapter,
Urge large turn-out at board meet Thursday |
For immediate release, February 22, 2006
More county commissions vote to oppose I-3 corridor
Two additional sets of local elected officials, the county
boards of
commissioners in Cherokee County, N.C., and Lumpkin County,
Ga., have voted
to oppose construction of the Interstate 3 corridor in Southern
Appalachia.
The Lumpkin resolution, adopted unanimously Feb. 16, opposes
the
“proposed interstate regional highway so long as any
portion of the highway
passes through north Georgia.”
The Cherokee commissioners unanimously passed a motion on
Monday, Feb.
20 opposing Interstate 3 and will instruct the county attorney
to draft a
formal resolution.
Cherokee thus becomes the third county in Western North Carolina,
and
Lumpkin the fifth county in north Georgia, to formally come
out against a
route that would cut a wide swath through Southern Appalachia
on its way
from Savannah to Knoxville, via Augusta.
Macon and Clay counties in North Carolina and Habersham,
Rabun, White
and Towns counties in Georgia have previously adopted similar
resolutions
(details of which are all contained on The Stop I-3 Coalition’s
website at
www.StopI-3.org.)
"These latest actions are clearly indicative of the
sweep of growing
momentum against this ruinous interstate.", said Elizabeth
Wells,
Chairperson of the Stop I-3 Coalition. "We have repeatedly
been told by
Congressman Norwood, Isakson and Chambliss, sponsors of I-3
construction,
that if we do not want this road it will not happen. Are they
listening to
their constituency? Will they honor their word?
"It is unfortunate indeed when our elected officials
refuse to speak
with us as has been the case with these three gentlemen. Are
they going to
insist on the official study, now getting underway, being
as closed as they
have been to public participation? If so, we have a prime
example of
democracy at risk. The people are speaking. Who is going to
listen?" Wells
added.
The coalition represents a growing confederation of community
organizations and conservation groups located in the four-state
Appalachian
region. It is dedicated to stopping an unneeded highway that
it believes
would do irreparable harm to mountain economies, forests,
farms, and
streams, and to rural qualities of life rooted in a strong
sense of place.
Contact:
Elizabeth Wells, (706) 878-2030
Joe Gatins, (706) 782-9944
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