The Northside Sun from Jackson, Mississippi • Page 7

Thursday, September 21, 2000 THE NORTHSIDE SUN, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI Page7A Upscale development derails plans to extend County Line VtMii, A -V "fr-ri Work has started on the new subdivision By JENNY BOURN Sun Staff Writer PLANS TO EXTEND County Line Road to Spillway Road have fallen to the wayside. Instead an upper scale subdivision has taken the place of a road that could have alleviated traffic congestion on Spillway Road. Last year, Pearl River Valley Water Supply District (PRVWSD) officials proposed a $6 million two-mile roadway connecting Old Canton Road at County Line Road with Spillway Road. The multi-lane road would have started at the intersection of County Line Road and Old Canton Road using the Mule Jail property access and traveling a short distance. The road would then veer off sharply towards Spillway Road.

It would have then extended from O.B. Curtis Water Sewer Treatment Plant to the spillway. But to build the road, PRVWSD officials needed an 80 foot right of way on an undeveloped road (Mule Jail Access) which they were unable to purchase. Instead work is now under way on Montrose Subdivision, a Cress Company development, which will feature 25 estate lots and 12 courtyard homes. "We felt like from our perspective it would create less noise and be less traffic by far to have 40 houses down there than to have 13,000 cars coming by a day," Mule Jail Club President Bob Ridgway said.

"We felt very comfortable that he (Gary Cress) would do something that would be beneficial to us, to the country club, the city of Ridgeland and it would be a nice quiet sedate drive like we've had." 3ARECO Estate Planning Seminars Harbour. "We have a project right now where we could widen part of Lake Harbour," McGee said. As for the extension of County Line Road, McGee said he never thought it was going to happen. "Gary Cress is doing a development that is going to be wonderful out there," McGee said. Montrose Subdivision will be a gated community located on the north side of Mule Jail Road.

Both are 3,000 square foot minimums with the estate lots price at $175,000 while courtyard lots are $100,000, according to Blake Cress of the Cress Company. "We have golf cart access to the Country Club of Jackson," Cress said. Construction will start in December on estate lot homes while courtyard home construction will start immediately, according to Cress. PRVWSD General Manager Ken Griffin was disappointed when he found out extending County Line Road was not a possibility. Because an $80,000 corridor study found that the bulk of traffic in Ridgeland and Madison County on Spillway Road is trying to get to County Line Road and Lake I larbour Drive, stopping short of the interstate, officials came up with the solution to extend County Line.

"Based on the traffic survey, this was the number one project that would most meet the needs of the motoring public in terms of getting them to where they need to go," Griffin said. THE NEXT BEST alternative is to widen Lake Harbour Drive which falls within the city of Ridgeland's jurisdiction, according to Griffin. Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee said a study would need to be done first to consider widening Lake September 26 Revocable Living Trusts Health Care Powers of Attorney Avoidance of Probate Costs Avoidance of Estate Taxes Barnes, Broom, Dallas and McLeod, PLLC is offering free seminars on the basics of wise tax and estate planning at the offices of the firm on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Speakers will be Harris H.

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1981-6336 fax! (601) 981-7075 community theater since he became director several years ago, but was afraid there would not be enough interest. "I wasn't willing to make a commitment to a season or developing a structure without knowing that the community was going to be behind it," he said "When Michael came by and said he was really interested in pursuing theater. I said, good, let's go ahead and move forward." Money to operate the theatre will be generated by fund raising committees currently being formed. Two plays, a musical and non-musical, will more than likely be set for the first year, with the first play scheduled as early as January, McCrary said. One show will cost approximately 1 0,000 while a season can cost anywhere from $30,000 to $50,000, according to McCrary.

"We have put some ideas together like a dinner theater or something like that to raise money," he said. The group was scheduled to meet Monday night to come up with more ideas about the performances and fund raising. "We are trying to give adults a creative outlet for tjieir. flieatrical needs." ST. JOSEPH SENIOR Nicole Marquez has been a theater buff for a long time and when she realized the group was forming, she jumped at the chance to be a part.

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