Trails master plan in development in Henry County

A contract to update the Henry County Comprehensive Transportation Plan and develop a trails master plan was approved by the Board of Commissioners at its April 6 regular meeting. The board chose Pond and Company to do the work with a budget of $625,000.

The Atlanta Regional Commission is slated to provide $500,000 of that cost, with the remaining money coming from the Henry County Department of Transportation Planning, which allocated $125,000 in its FY 2021 budget to fund the project. According to officials, the county’s four cities have been invited to participate in this planning process and share the cost of the required local match based on each city’s share of the county population.