Three

streets on the southern end of Fayetteville now

have new names.

The

City Council Monday night voted unanimously to

rename three dead-end spurs created by recent

highway improvements, and in doing so they

honored the requests of local residents and

recognized names of families who have lived in

those neighborhoods for several generations.

The

southernmost end of South Lee Street will now be

known as James W. Dixon Drive. A dead-end stretch

of what used to be Ga. Highway 92 has been

changed to Dennis Drive, and a road that once

connected Hwy. 92 and Jimmie Mayfield Boulevard

has been renamed Bradley Drive.

The

multiple realignments of what were originally

South Lee Street and Hwy. 92 created several

problems that necessitated the name changes. As

South Lee Street is no longer connected with Lee

Street and old Hwy. 92 is not connected to the

new stretch of highway, the duplicate street

names brought about the potential for confusion

among local emergency services personnel.

City

officials recommended several possible names for

the streets, but longtime residents of the

streets in question and their relatives came

forward and suggested family names as more

appropriate choices.

Councilmen

Al Hovey-King, who made the motion for the new

names, and Walt White said at the meeting that

they had inquired locally about the proposed

names and received positive comments about all

three of them.

Some

names on the list compiled by the city were

rejected by Fayette County's 911 department, and

no reason was given for their decision. King

suggested that the county provide more

information in the future when such decisions are

made.

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