County leaders concerned with traffic danger

Members of Oconee County Council are speaking out today in favor of a stronger effort at traffic safety countywide, especially on 123 between Seneca and Clemson and on 130, the two-lane highway that parallels Lake Keowee and channels motorists between Seneca and the many lakeside destinations, including home developments and the Oconee Nuclear Station.  And District Four’s Julian Davis is calling for a sit down with the local DOT.  As for 130, Davis wants higher guardrail to protect against the possibility that out of control larger vehicles could leave the roadway and land in the water.  Davis this morning joined Seneca’s county councilman, Paul Cain, in making both county and state road improvements a high priority.  Cain uses 441, between Athens and Clayton, Georgia as an example of a state that enhanced vehicle safety by building both acceleration and de-acceleration lanes.  Often, Cain says, 123 traffic from Seneca to Clemson is moving at least 55 miles an hour, and that rush of traffic often makes difficult attempts at turning left from the four-lane highway.