Prologis Park is proposing trailer parking in Luella. (Google Earth image) A new rezoning request for forty one acres located along Hampton-Locust Grove Road is proposing to build trailer parking spaces for the adjacent Prologis Park warehouses. The property would include over one-thousand parking spaces accessible only via the existing industrial development. The rezoning request... Continue Reading →
Canyon Springs Apartments is in final design stages before beginning construction on Jonesboro Road in McDonough. The new complex, approved by the county commissioners in 2017, will be located off Towne Centre Village Drive beside the existing Mandalay Villas. Canyon Springs is planning 223 units on 7.71 +/- acres. The complex will feature "resort style"... Continue Reading →
Henry County approved a construction contract earlier this week to install a traffic light at the intersection of Simpson Mill Road and Hampton-Locust Grove Road in the Luella area. The new traffic light is funded through SPLOST IV dollars. Six bids were received and reviewed for the project. The lowest bid was awarded to CMES,... Continue Reading →
Property outlined in blue has been rezoned to R-3 for a new single-family subdivision. (Henry County photo) Property along Jonesboro Road has been rezoned to the R-3 zoning district more than a year after land owners first requested a change for the 159.10 +/- acre tract. Hybrass Properties of Conyers, GA first proposed commercial space... Continue Reading →
Residents may remember a rezoning request west of the intersection of Jonesboro Road and McCullough Road that appeared before the zoning advisory board in January 2018. At that time, the 159.10 +/- acre tract was proposed to become a combination of commercial and office space, mixed use commercial and residential buildings, age-restricted quadraplexes, and single-family... Continue Reading →
The Henry County Commissioners have approved a contract to hire Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. of Atlanta, GA to design an intersection improvement project at Mill Road and Mt Carmel Road in commission district II. The project is an approved SPLOST IV improvement. The county received proposals from twelve companies for the design work. After staff... Continue Reading →
Nash Farm Park master plan (Henry County photo)The SPLOST V committee met this week at Luella Middle School to discuss project recommendations in commission district II. The district includes much of Henry County west of I-75, stretching from Rum Creek in the Red Oak area to Hampton-Locust Grove Road and the Spalding County line. The... Continue Reading →
The next meeting of the SPLOST V committee will occur on Thursday, January 24, at 6:30 pm at Luella Middle School to discuss recommendations for commission district II. Note that all projects are recommendations only until the board of commissioners approves the final project list in summer 2019. Residents of district II are encouraged to... Continue Reading →
The Henry County Board of Commissioners has approved two budget amendments within the SPLOST IV program. The amendments complete right of way acquisition for the Blackhall Road over Rum Creek bridge replacement project in district 2 and increase available dollars for roadway resurfacing in district 5. In district 2, the board approved moving $12,358.00 from... Continue Reading →
