Earth-moving machinery at work on Mountain Road

Thrift Brothers machinery is at work grading large property alongside rural Mountain Road in Oconee County, and there are strong indications the acreage will be turned into a home development.  According to Oconee County records, the applicant and designer of the subdivision project is Ridgewater Engineering and Surveying.  The plan reveals 175 lots, 6.73 miles of new private roads, on total acreage of 78.95.  The project is designed for two phases.