Senoia bridge to be named

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Senoia's bridge

on Rockaway Road will finally get a name.

Since the bridge

came into service a few years ago, the City Council has been mulling over

what to call the bridge.

The bridge

links Senoia with access to Peachtree City and Interstate 85.

During Monday

night's workshop of the City Council, Mayor Joan Trammell said the time

had come for the city to decide on a name.

Some of the

suggestions submitted to the city have included the Lester Mann Bridge,

for the mayor who got the project going, or the Keith Brooking Bridge,

to honor Senoia's NFL star.

Trammell said

recent suggestions have included Billy Roesel, who served as mayor for

several terms and recently died, or Eddie Whitlock, who served in the

Vietnam War and was killed.

The council

established a committee Monday featuring Councilmen Darren Ratajski and

Dianne Cleveland, along with Downtown Development Authority member Tom

McKeehan and local bankers Tom Dunlap and Leigh Brown.

The committee

will meet and take suggestions from the community, but Trammell said the

council will vote on the committee's recommendation.

"I don't

think we should have an election on the name," she said.

Citizens are

welcome to submit names to City Hall and Trammell hopes the committee

can make a decision by this summer.

She would like

to have a dedication ceremony this fall and added that a plaque will be

placed on the bridge honoring the mayor and city council who helped see

the bridge project come to reality.

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