Abbotts Bridge road widening

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

The agency files it as “SR 120 (Abbotts Bridge) Road Widening using Jetties”

Timing

The agency stopped taking comments on September 14. What you find still counts: it backs the formal objections from people who did comment, it goes to the lawyers on the fight, and it is the story.

What to go and check

Go to the Chattahoochee where SR 120 crosses at Abbotts Bridge. Photograph the parking area and count cars, the put-in and bank fishing spots, and the worn footpaths along the low ground by the water.

The decision

The National Park Service is finalizing a decision to allow widening of SR 120 (Abbotts Bridge) within Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, a project that will impact floodplains and wetlands along the river. The statement of findings documents how the road expansion will affect these sensitive areas and what mitigation measures are planned. This decision affects anyone who recreates alon

Read the whole thing, and write to the agency about it

How to record it so it counts

01Photograph the trailhead or access point with the vehicles in it. Count them and note the time and day.
02Photograph the pull-off camp spots outside any campground, the fire rings, and the worn paths that show people come here.
03Sit for a fixed time and count people passing and what they are doing.
04Write down what you know about how this place gets used across a year.

What would count

A vehicle count with the day and time. Weekends and weekdays both, if you can.
Fire rings and sites the document says aren’t there.

All of it, with the phone settings, in the field guide

Are you going?

Say yes or no. It tells the next person whether anyone has this ground covered, and it is the only way we know a request was answered rather than just read. You can change your mind any time, and nobody follows up.

Join, then say you’re going

Nobody has answered yet

Before you go

Public land only. Plenty of land inside a national forest or park boundary is privately owned, and that is not yours to walk on. A gate or a closure sign means stop. Check the rules for the specific place you are going, because they differ.
Don’t touch survey stakes, flagging, equipment or anything a crew left. Photograph it; leave it.
Don’t approach crews, contractors or agency staff about the project. Don’t interfere with any operation.
Wildlife at a distance. No drones in wilderness or anywhere they’re prohibited. Stay off closed roads and trails.
If you’re not sure, don’t. Weather, terrain, water, fire and people are your call, and yours alone.

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