West Augusta Neighbors Delay Marriott From Moving In

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By Tina Terry tterry@nbcaugusta.com

Story Published: Apr 15, 2008 at 6:38 PM EST

Story Updated: Apr 15, 2008 at 6:46 PM EST

People who live in a west Augusta neighborhood have delayed a four-story hotel from moving next door.

Curtis Baptist Church owns 11 acres along Marks Church Road and wants to sell the land to the Marriott Company.

Church leaders say the hotel would bring more than a million dollars in tax revenue to the county each year.

People who live in the Kingston subdivision protested the idea at Tuesday's Augusta-Richmond County Commission meeting. They say the hotel would create too much congestion and traffic. They also say they don't want the structure looming over their homes.

"It's going to jack traffic up. We get enough traffic going through here. We finally got speed bumps put up because people were racing through the neighborhood," said Jean Grover, resident.

Commissioners have asked the two parties to go back to the drawing board and work out a solution.

But the property owner says if a decision isn't made soon Marriott could pull out of the deal.

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