SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – A planned high-voltage transmission line by Georgia Power has sparked controversy in Chatham County, where residents are pushing for a change in the project’s path to save a centuries-old oak tree they consider priceless.
The dispute centers on a property off Little Neck Road, where a sprawling oak tree—estimated to be around 300 years old—stands in the front yard of homeowner Paul Grizzard. Survey stakes marking the proposed transmission line stretch across the property, extending past the massive tree that has become the focal point of the debate.
“I would have not put the home here, had it not been for the tree,” Grizzard said. He has lived in the house for decades, but the oak predates the home by centuries…