POOLER, Ga. (WSAV) — Local nature advocates led Pooler residents on a walk Saturday, showing where proposed development could affect the trail by the Savannah-OgeeChee Canal.
At a Pooler City Council meeting on Monday, council members voted to change conditions in the zoning at 200 Jesup Road. Those changes deny access through Dublin Road and instead add access on the southside, through the historic Savannah-OgeeChee Canal.
Pooler City Council approves zoning change by canal, park
From the trail, you can see existing buildings of the site of the former Oglethorpe Speedway, but now a developer is proposing three new warehouses to go on the lot.
With the changes in the zoning, the developer’s only option is to build a road through the Savannah-OgeeChee canal.
Industrial warehouses could put the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal at risk
Many in the community are against the construction, including Wendy Sevendant, a volunteer with the Savannah-OgeeChee Canal Society, who led Saturday’s walk…