ATLANTA – House Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) announced the appointment of State Representative Alex Atwood (R-Brunswick) to the Joint House and Senate Coastal Greenway Study Committee. The 13 member committee will review the proposed creation of a paved trail on city and county owned rights of way and the state owned right of way of U.S. 17 and Georgia Highway 99 from Savannah to St. Marys to be known as the Coastal Georgia Greenway.
“I am very pleased to have been appointed to serve on this Joint study committee with my House and Senate colleagues,” said Rep. Atwood. “When proposals like this come up in our region, we must weigh all of the options and ultimately do what is going to best serve our citizens and communities. I look forward to learning more about both sides of this issue as our study committee examines this proposal.”
The proposed Coastal Georgia Greenway trail would lie wholly within the Gullah Geechee National Heritage Corridor and the entire Altamaha Scenic Byway, most of the Colonial Coast Birding Trail and most of Georgia Bike Route 95, and part of Georgia Bike Routes 10, 35, and 40. The proposed trail would also link over 115,860 acres of existing wildlife preserves, natural areas, parks, and 12 National Historic Landmark Districts in coastal Georgia and would be a part of the proposed East Coast Greenway from Calais, Maine, to Key West, Florida.
The Joint House and Senate Coastal Greenway Study Committee, created by Senate Resolution 26, is charged with reviewing the conditions, needs, issues, and problems associated with the proposed creation of the Coastal Georgia Greenway. The committee will recommend any action or legislation which the committee deems necessary or appropriate.
For more information on SR 26, please click here.
Representative Alex Atwood represents the citizens of District 179, which includes portions of Glynn County. He was elected into the House of Representatives in 2010, and currently serves as the Secretary of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee. He also serves as a member on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety, Insurance, Juvenile Justice, and Judiciary Non-Civil committees.
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