Gwinnett County’s Board of Commissioners Chairwoman is raising concerns about how a proposal that would create a new city in Gwinnett County is potentially being rushed through the Capitol.
The proposed City of Mulberry would create the second most populous city in the county if it’s passed by the Georgia House of Representatives and ultimately approved by voters within the proposed city limits in May.
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“We would just urge legislators to put a pause on this,” Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson told Channel 2 Gwinnett Bureau Chief Matt Johnson . “We need the full picture.”
Hendrickson said proposals for new cities typically develop over the course of two years instead of a matter of months. Plans to form the city in the northeastern part of the county were announced in November, followed by a feasibility study finalized in December.
She’s calling for a more thorough feasibility study that would outline more details about what the proposed city would mean for Gwinnett County.