EXTENDING A SALEM WATER LINE

Oconee County leaders are considering financial assistance to the town of Salem to extend water service in the vicinity of n. highway 11. After County Council’s vote on Tuesday to further investigate the project, Council Chairwoman Edda Cammick, Salem’s representative on council, said the idea is to lay a line from Park Avenue to Lydia Mountain along the east side stretch of highway 11. “Ideally,” says Cammick, “it should go farther south all the way to 130, but taking baby steps is fine.”