HIAWASSEE, Ga. – Commissioner Cliff Bradshaw held a meeting Thursday, April 4, with City of Hiawassee staff and Towns County Road Department to discuss the process of replacing road signs throughout the county. Chris Dolvin of Browns Asphalt and Maintenance, a contruction firm from Winterville, GA, was present to share details on the project. The sign replacement is the result of a $160,727 state grant awarded to Towns County to improve area roadways.

The project is expected to begin in late April, with completion calculated for late June. The plan will replace or include additional safety road signs, and will not effect street signs. A total of 532 posts are in the process of placement, with over 700 signs expected. The difference in the ratio between posts and signs is due to some posts displaying more than a single sign.

Pink stakes will be placed where signage will be erected, and roads crews ask residents to leave the stakes undisturbed while the project is underway.  “Ninety percent of stop signs are going to go where they are sitting,” Dolvin explained to city and county crews, tasked with identifying water lines and underground cable, adding that additional sign placement locations have been marked.

“This is all about safety,” Commissioner Bradshaw told FYN. “That’s what’s behind it.”