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Cumming ‘strongly’ against relocation of county building By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — City of Cumming officials said they are opposed to a decision to move Forsyth County’s government outside the county seat. Forsyth County hopes to relocate 17 departments at a new $114 million County Administration Campus about 2 miles northeast of Cumming on Freedom Parkway. The about 130,000 square foot facility on 42 acres also would offer a “one-stop” permitting center and modernized meeting room for the Board of Commissioners with enhanced audiovisual capabilities. Construction of the center began in March and is expected to be completed in early 2026.
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Cracks found in a support beam of the Ga. 369 overpass over Ga. 400 are delaying the project up to nine months. Commissioners are considering a town hall meeting and audit to review what went wrong.
Commission considers town hall after overpass failures, delays By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
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A new County Administration Campus is under construction and expected to be completed in 2026 outside the city of Cumming. County officials said the building will provide offices for 17 departments and serve as a one-stop location for services.
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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County commissioners said a town hall meeting and external audit may be needed to review how a Ga. 400 overpass project was delayed months by multiple engineering failures. County officials announced in November construction of a Ga. 369 overpass over Ga. 400 could be delayed up to nine months after cracks were discovered in a support beam. The
overpass construction, which is part of a larger project to widen Ga. 369, is expected to take another three months. The Commission has discussed an audit to review what went wrong with the project and how the issues might have been prevented. At the Commission’s Dec. 19 meeting, Chairman Alfred John broached the topic of hosting a town hall meeting. “In a very simple and transparent way, we’ve got to tell them, ‘Here’s how the project started. Here’s what was promised, and here’s what the challeng-
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es were,’’’ John said. “I think the folks especially in that part of the county deserve some answers.” Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills agreed, adding she thought the county’s credibility is at stake because of the structural flaws and resulting delays. “We’ve got such a loss of confidence in government right now, everywhere,” Mill said. “I think we need to do something to build that confidence back.”
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