Thursday, August 14, 2008
News DeKalb PATH trail blocked yet again
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Members of the Three Forks Heritage Alliance, the community group that has fought a PATH trail between Mason Mill and Medlock Parks in DeKalb County, are surely cheerful today. A judge has blocked work on the controversial multi-use trail.
A DeKalb County Superior Court judge on Wednesday issued a restraining order that bars PATH and its contractor, Lewallen Construction, from working on a mile-long route between Medlock and Mason Mill parks. Work must cease because the pro-ject is "illegal," Judge Gregory A. Adams ruled.Adams' 30-day stop-work order follows a judgment he issued last week that DeKalb County government, which hired PATH for the $1.7 million project, quickly appealed to the state Supreme Court. Adams ruled on Aug. 6 that the county didn't follow proper procurement procedures. The judge also ruled that DeKalb didn't follow proper permitting procedures and allowed the walkway to stray too close to a stream in violation of its own environmental regulations.
Click here to visit the alliance's website and read the judge's order.
(Photo by Thomas Wheatley)
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