Sabal Trail construction could impact Dougherty County traffic

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Traffic on several Dougherty County roadways could be altered once work begins on the Sabal Trail pipeline.

Warning signage has started to pop up at various sites in south Dougherty County as construction begins on the Sabal Trail pipeline project. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Construction at the Flowing Well Road staging site for equipment that will be used to build the Sabal Trail pipeline is ongoing. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

A piece of heavy equipment is transported up Eight Mile Road in Dougherty County to a staging site for construction on the Sabal Trail pipeline project. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

A sign on Leary Road in Dougherty County directs construction crews to sites along the Sabal Trail pipeline route. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Traffic warning signs are being erected adjacent to work sites as construction begins in Dougherty County on the Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

A load of materials is transported along Newton Road Wednesday to a construction site in south Dougherty County, one of several work sites that is part of the $3.5 billion Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline project. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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Except for a brief period, Albany Herald Editor Carlton Fletcher has been a newspaperman, working as Sports Writer/Columnist for the weekly Ocilla Star, as Sports Writer/Sports Editor with The Tifton Gazette, and as Sports Writer/Copy Editor/News Reporter/Features Editor and Editor of the paper. He has won numerous awards for sports, news, business and column writing, including a first-place Business Writing award in last year’s Georgia Press Association awards competition.

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