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Welcome to the Web site for the Augusta-Richmond County Planning Commission. We welcome the opportunity to provide you with timely information about the Planning Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals, the Historic Preservation Commission, the Tree Commission, the Riverfront Review Board, and the Augusta Regional Transportation Study. We hope you find the information useful and invite your comments and suggestions.

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Community Assessment / Community Participation Program Submitted to Regional Development Center

Contact: Paul DeCamp, Planning Director
Augusta-Richmond County Planning Commission
525 Telfair Street
Augusta, Georgia 30901
Phone: (706) 821-1796
FAX: (706) 821-1806
E-mail: pdecamp@augustaga.gov

(Augusta – April 8, 2008) - The Community Assessment and Community Participation Program components of the Augusta-Richmond County Comprehensive Plan were submitted to the CSRA Regional Development Center (RDC) on March 26, 2008. The RDC has verified the completeness of these documents and forwarded them to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for review. The RDC will give other interested parties, including adjacent units of local government, an opportunity to review and provide comments on the two documents. Following receipt of any findings and recommendations from the RDC and DCA, additional public meetings will be scheduled to begin developing the Community Agenda component of the plan.

The Community Assessment (including maps) and Community Participation Program can be viewed / downloaded from the project website, or a copy obtained by contacting the Planning Commission. For more information and to provide input, contact the Planning Commission by phone, fax or e-mail or log on to the project website:
http://www.augustaga.gov/departments/planning_zoning/comp_plan_update.asp

Comprehensive Plan Update – Complete the Online Survey!

Your input is important to the update of the Augusta-Richmond County Comprehensive Plan. It is as simple as clicking on the following website link, answering a few questions and hitting the “submit” button at the bottom of the survey. Thank you for completing the survey. Here is the link to the survey: Comprehensive Plan Update 2008 – Stakeholder Survey

SR-56 Widening and Reconstruction Project

The SR-56 (Mike Padgett Highway) proposed improvements consist of widening and reconstructing SR-56 to include a raised center median and shoulder improvements for a distance of approximately 4.5 miles from Bennock Mill Rd to Old Waynesboro Rd in Richmond County. The proposed project also involves signal timing, shoulder, and drainage improvements between Old Waynesboro Rd to the project terminus approaching Tobacco Rd.
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I-20 / I-520 Widening and Interchange Reconstruction Project

This $192 million road improvement project started in June 2007 and is expected to take approximately three years to complete. The project consists of 6.25 miles of widening for additional lanes along I-20, the addition of collector-distributor lanes along parts of I-520 (Bobby Jones Expressway) and I-20, and the reconstruction of the I-20 / I-520 interchange, including the addition of two flyover ramps, and a grade-separated interchange at Scott Nixon Memorial Drive and I-520. For additional background information on the project, work zone safety tips, project contacts and the latest updates on the project, click here to go to the Georgia Department of Transportation website.