On deck: Another major industrial development in north Forsyth
News August 17, 2022
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — For the second time in two weeks, the Board of Commissioners is expected to approve a county-initiated rezoning application for a major industrial development when it meets Thursday at 5 p.m.
The application requests rezoning from agricultural (A1), highway business (HB) and commercial business district CBD to restricted industrial district (M1) for more than 800,000 square feet of building space on 74.328 acres at GA. Hwy. 400 and Bottoms Road.
The application also requests a conditional use permit (CUP) for the following uses:
- Breweries and distilleries
- Cold storage plants
- Food processing plants
- Kennels, animal hospitals and veterinary clinics
- Micro breweries
- Micro distilleries
- Open storage yard not to exceed 20% of the total lot
- Research laboratories and ancillary manufacturing
- Self-service storage facility
- Transportation, communications and utility facilities
- Truck terminals
- And conducting around the clock business
On Aug. 4, the Board approved the application for construction of an industrial park of more than 600,000 square feet off Settingdown, Martin and Church roads.
Both facilities are being built in the north end of the county where sewer infrastructure is reserved for non-residential development in the north end of the county. That investment is expected to pay dividends for many years.
Overnight delays expected on GA 400 Friday and Saturday
Press Release March 25, 2022
PRESS RELEASE
FORYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Commuters can expect overnight delays and traffic pacing on SR 400 northbound beginning just south of the SR 369 intersection Friday, March 25, and Saturday, March 26, weather permitting. The traffic impact is to allow for the positioning of beams, cranes and rigging for the installation of bridge beams for the new interchange at SR 400 and SR 369. Pacing of northbound traffic is expected to begin both nights at 10 p.m. and end in the morning at 4 a.m. This operation will be similar to the one in February that place bridge beams over the southbound lane of GA 400.
The work is weather dependent so there may be some fluctuation. Updates will be posted on the County Facebook and Twitter pages as necessary and digital roadside message boards will be present with traffic impact information. Click here to view the Forsyth County Transportation Projects Map for a look at updates on this road project and others in the County. Please find the attached image for use in your coverage as needed.
Two killed in wrong-way wreck Sunday
Press Release May 31, 2021
PRESS RELEASE
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office along with Forsyth County Fire responded to an early morning crash on GA 400 that claimed the lives of two men.
On May 30, 2021 at approximately 1:27 a.m., the 911 center began receiving calls regarding a wrong way driver on GA 400 Northbound traveling at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour. Before Sheriff’s Office Deputies could intercept the vehicle, a violent crash occurred between the Majors Road overpass and the Shiloh Road overpass causing one vehicle to burst into flames.
35-year-old Silas Brown of Atlanta was driving a black Alfa Romeo Stelvio traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of GA 400 and struck a silver Lexus IS250, driven by 22-year-old Tarik Kindell of Cumming. Both men were deceased at the scene. The crash closed GA400 northbound for between exits 12 and 13 for several hours Sunday morning. The investigation is on-going.
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