Hold development at I-85 intersection until safety assured, planners urged

A new convenience store and gas station has the approval to locate at an I-85 intersection in Oconee County, but the planning commission is being urged to stop further development until safety concerns are met.  Kenneth Jackson Jr., urged the planning commissioners to resist any future development at I-85 exit 4 at Whitfield Road, other than the new Speedway which received a zoning variance last month after a board of zoning appeals hearing.  At the planning commission February meeting, Jackson suggested the commission get hold a completed DOT traffic study of the intersection.