Bunker Hill Road

There were 224 accidents along the corridor from 2013-23, resulting in 80 incidents with injury and one fatality, according to GDOT. It warns that without the project, “safety and traffic operations are not expected to improve along the corridor.” (Graphic/Mia Fishman)

There were 224 accidents along the corridor from 2013-23, resulting in 80 incidents with injury and one fatality, according to GDOT. It warns that without the project, “safety and traffic operations are not expected to improve along the corridor.” (Graphic/Mia Fishman)

GDOT studies proposed turn lane on US 78

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has a plan to reconfigure a portion of U.S. Highway 78 by adding a two-way left turn lane, a center lane that both directions of traffic would be able to use for left turns. The lane would stretch 2.
Five homes are under construction in The Pines at Grove Creek, a development off Bunker Hill Road. The first 10 homes, which were built last year, have sold. (Photo/Dink NeSmith)

Five homes are under construction in The Pines at Grove Creek, a development off Bunker Hill Road. The first 10 homes, which were built last year, have sold. (Photo/Dink NeSmith)

Five homes being built in Pines at Grove Creek

New construction has sprung up in The Pines at Grove Creek. All 10 homes built last year and listed by Brittany Purcell & Associates in the 29-lot development off of Bunker Hill Road in Crawford have been sold.
Kassie Hodges, a real estate agent with Keller Williams Realty, stands in front of a model home at The Pines at Grove Creek in Crawford. This home isn’t in the 29-lot development, but homes in The Pines at Grove Creek will be built using this plan. (Margaux Binder/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Kassie Hodges, a real estate agent with Keller Williams Realty, stands in front of a model home at The Pines at Grove Creek in Crawford. This home isn’t in the 29-lot development, but homes in The Pines at Grove Creek will be built using this plan. (Margaux Binder/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Bunker Hill Road development opens to buyers

The Pines at Grove Creek, a 29-lot development off of Bunker Hill Road in Crawford, has homes ready for purchase.   Construction has started on the first of three stages, with 10 homes expected to be completed by early summer, said Alexander Purcell, the listing agent for the development.