Henry County board deadlocked on I-75 exit funding

A move to transfer $5 million in SPLOST money from the proposed I-75 interchange at Bethlehem Road to other road projects failed due to a 3-3 vote at the Jan. 6 regular meeting of the Henry County Board of Commissioners.

Dee Clemmons, Bruce Holmes and Vivian Thomas voted in favor of the resolution, while the no votes came from Gary Barham, Johnny Wilson and new board chair Carlotta Harrell. The interchange project has not started, although county officials are expected to meet with Georgia Department of Transportation representatives within the next week to discuss funding, engineering and a project timeline.

A total of $5.5 million was initially allocated as the county’s portion of a 20 percent match for the project.