As planning moves forward for repairs and reconstruction of several paved road segments with drainage structures in Bulloch County, engineers propose for one road – G.W. Oliver Road – to get a brand-new bridge where there was only a series of large drainage pipes previously.

The deluges of rain and surging creek waters brought by Tropical Storm Debby, Hurricane Helene and a later, unnamed storm front in late summer through all 2024 caused the damage on G.W. Oliver Road and four other roads mentioned in this update. For a sixth road, Cypress Lake Road, the damage that has resulted in what is expected to be a more than a two-year closure wasn’t attributed directly to the storm but to a February 2025 vehicle accident.

But a paved section of G.W. Oliver Road, from about 700 feet east of t

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