Fayetteville council members Oct. 20 will take up issues involving a Georgia Department of Transportation sidewalks project and a proposed amendment to the Solid Waste Ordinance relating to customers not removing garbage containers in a timely manner.

Council members will consider a DOT agreement for preconstruction engineering activities of design and right-of-way for the Fayetteville Connecting Sidewalks Project. The city will cover the cost of design and right-of-way acquisition while 80 percent of the funding for the construction phase will be covered by DOt with a 20 percent local match. The construction phase is estimated at $504,000.

The five project segments include Hood Avenue from Landings Drive to Ga. Highway 85, White Road from Huddleston Road to Ga. Highway 314, Old Norton Road from Lester Road to Ferncliff, Ga. Highway 92 from Timberlane to Hwy. 85 and South Jeff Davis from North Jeff Davis to Virginia Highlands.

Costs may preclude work on all segments at this time.

The council will hear the first reading of a proposed amendment to the Solid Waste Ordinance for garbage containers. The proposed amendment requires that customers remove their garbage containers from the street by 7 a.m. on the day following garbage pick up. The proposal is in response to complaints that some customers leave their garbage containers near streetside for several days after pick up.

The proposed amendment specifies that customers must place the container at curbside approximately two to four feet from the edge of the roadway. The container must not present a visual or physical obstruction for motorists.

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