$500K land acquisition sours county on paving dirt roads

Ford: Current process ‘not working,’ will stop conversions.

  • County Attorney Joel Foreman said the $565,789 settlement for the land acquisition was a good deal, noting eminent domain would wind up costing the county a lot more. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
    County Attorney Joel Foreman said the $565,789 settlement for the land acquisition was a good deal, noting eminent domain would wind up costing the county a lot more. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
    Spending more than $500,000 to acquire property to convert dirt roads to paved ones was a “hard pill to swallow” for the Columbia County Commission. It’s one the commission doesn’...

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