Forest Hill Road

     Citizen and Neighborhood Comments 2001:  

Macon, Ga

    Bibb County's - "Roads Improvement Program"  

Review - 2001   1999  

Below are the first 61 of more than 232 comments

filed with Georgia DOT in June 2001

 Call Ga DOT to view copies of all the original comments

These have all been shortened to summarize intent...

 What do

Citizens

 say?

1-

R.W. Adelstone

272 RIverdale Dr

No! No! No!

It will destroy residential character of Forest Hill, and

increase noise and pollution...

1b-

  Kamal Azar

3727 Overlook Avenue

Only IF apply Cul de Sac idea to keep traffic out of my

neighborhood at The Prado and at Overlook

2 -

Hoyt S Bailey

275 Riverdale Drive

Not As Drawn

Concern re: traffic increases on Ridge--More

consideration should be given to a N'side bypass

3-  

Karen Barlow

4201 Wood Forest Place

Yes/No

Redesign Ridge/Wimbish intersections-Do not see need for

four lanes--loss of "natural streets"

4-  

David Baskette

3594 Ridge Avenue

No

Concern re: closing The Prado, Drury and

Overlook may create more traffic on Ridge

5-

Holst C Beall Jr

596 Byars Drive

Yes - If compromise of from 4 lane to 3 lane--concern re:

traffic on Ridge--close Drury

6 -

Edwina Beall

3404 Ridge Avenue

No

Need turn lane on Forest Hill & Ridge, not sidewalks on

FH--traffic too fast on Ridge already

7 -

James Beall

3845 Ridge Avenue

No

No Bike Paths--traffic and noise along Ridge Avenue is

unacceptable

8 -

Kay Beliveau

165 Brandon Way

(Letter to Harvey Keepler)

No

Extremely concerned about widening--speeders cut through

with no regard to children and pets--install speedbreaks

9 -

Christopher J Black

3872 The Prado

IF

Do not agree--"done deal"--"w/out the cul-de-sacs, I

vehemently disapprove!"

10  -

W H Blackmarr

Yes

widen Forest Hill from Northside to Hall Rd or Wesleyan,

and Hall Rd to Riverside

11 -

Vicki Boatwright

122 Brandon Way

No!

Residential-turn lanes at Newport, Wimbish and Ridge--

area needs to stay residential--not a highway

12 -

Mark Bond

5310 Mountain Park Drive

Birmingham Al 35124

Yes

I own a lot on Forest Hill I want to improve it.

13 -

Susan Bond

2319 Clayton Street

(Letter to Harvey Keepler)

Moderate improvements OK--Not Zebulon--horrible

14 -

Charles H Brittain

515 Eldorado Drive

No

Will make it a major thoroughfare and not residential

15 -

Alice Hicks Boyd

540 Forest Hill Road

No!

We love our residential area, trees and curved roads

16 -

D M Boyd

540 Forest Hill Road

No

No adding lanes or sidewalks--neighborhood road, not a

highway

17 -

Avery & Todd Brooks

242 Riverdale Drive

No

Oppose any changes that would create more traffic and

danger for small children

18-

Lewis Wayne Brown

989 Underwood Drive

No

You can get anywhere in Macon in 15 minutes--no need to

ruin a beautiful residential street

19-

Thomas G Bush Jr

559 Forest Hill Rd

No

I will loose my carport and turnaround--it's already

unsafe, why make it worse?

20 -

Mary Holliday Byrd

744 Forest Hill (Nashville)

No

Amount of traffic no a problem--speed is

21 -

Donald M Card

869 Glenhill Court

No

Turn lanes at several streets is all that's necessary

22 John F Castle

641 Forest Hill Road

No!

Residential road--widening=heavy traffic artery--no

purpose to this except to use DOT money

23-

Charles H Chambliss Jr

3529 Overlook Avenue

No

too much cut-throught traffic

24-

Iris ann Garrard Chambliss

3579 Overlook Avenue

No

25-

Linda Clance

477 Lokchapee Drive

No

26 -

Gene C Clance

477 Lokchapee Dr

No

Lokchapee will become a thouroughfar

27 -

Kathy Clay

3882 Overlook Avenue

No/But

28 -

Calder B Clay III

3882 Overlook Avenue

No/Yes?

Would prefer 3 lane the whole way/Overlook Cul-de-Saced

29-  

Bob Cleveland

4411 Northside Drive

Yes

To dangerous now

30 -

Carolyn B Cherry

1000 Normandy Road

No

I-75 through Atlanta is narrower than that

31-  

John M Cherry III

1000 Normandy Rd

No

Overkill

32-  

Sue M Coggins

229 Albermarle Place

No

32A-  

J W Coggins Jr

229 Albermarle Place

No

Turn lanes only

33 -

Wayman Coleman

660 Forest Hill road

Yes

Lets get on with it

34 -

Faith Collins

744 Forest Hill Road

No

Speed control

35 -

Cooper Cook

960 Underwood Drive

No

Increase in traffic, pollution, crime, speed and deaths

36

Missing

37-  

Robert & Robin Craig

296 Belvedere Drive

No

38 -

John B Critchfield

753 Oak Hill Court

No

Divert with 475 loop/don't destroy neighborhoods

39 -

Stephanie Critchfield

753 Oak Hill Court

No

Traffic Volume/speed

40 -

Nell H Culpepper

963 Hill Place

No

Increase traffic/sidewalks unnecessary

41 -

L Keitt Dantzler

3848 Overlook Avenue

Yes with reservation

4 lane/raised median

42 -

Mel & Sandy Davidson

464 Forest Hill Road

No

Integrity of neighborhood

43 -

Jennifer Davis

1123 Newport Road

No

I do not support the winding of Forest Hill Rd

44 -

Timothy Davis

1123 Newport Road

No

I do not support the proposed widening

45 -

Stella Tsai and Kenneth Deaton

494 Northminster Drive

No

Recommend improvement at intersections and straightening

at Forest Hill Apartment complex

46 -

Michael & Thelma Deep

3879 Drury Drive

No

47 -

Alfred Diboll

1935 Newport Place

Not as presented

48 -

Alethea Dillard

364 Forest Hill Road

330 Forest Hill Road

340 Forest Hill Road

No

Do not need four lanes and a median

49 -

Mary Jordan-Dominick

412 Forest Hill Road

No

Housing will be devalued

50 -

A D Donnelly

1252 Normandy Road

No

51 -

Louis W Dougherty Jr

282 Riverdale Drive

No

To much traffic on Riverdale now

52 -

Brian R Eades

2983 Victoria Circle

No

Native of Atlanta-familiar with congestion-absurd

53  -

typed fax to FHWA with unreadable signature

No.

Minor changes will be sufficient

54 -

Betty Edwards

656 Forest Hill Road

No

Wimbish & Old Lundy Topography hill

55 -

M Boyd Edwards

656 Foest Hill Road

No

Destroy a stable neighborhood

56  -

Troy Edwards

629 Forest Hill Road

No

traffic flow & speeding

57 -

Gay Faircloth

3395 Osborne Place

NO

Your road program ruins neighborhoods

58  -

Daniel P Fischer

489 Ashville Drive

No.  2 typed pages report

Speed/increased noise levels/unwarranted traffic

59 -

Robert L Fleisch

1052 Hill Place

No

Waste of tax money

60 -

Bernard D Fletcher

4732 Lattimore Drive

Yes to turn lanes as needed ,

No to grass medians  

and 15ft is too wide - increases speeding

61 -

James and Cristen Freeman

743 Afton Court

No

Would like a light at Lockchopee

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