Few images of Athens are more iconic than the Trail Creek Trestle, which appears on the back of band REM’s album Murmur. The trestle is one part of the old Georgia Railroad, now the site of a partially finished multi-use path called the Firefly Trail.

The trail lacks a three-mile stretch north of Winterville, where the government plans to use eminent domain to purchase land from property owners. This week, District 1 Commissioner Patrick Davenport moved to pump the brakes on the project over concern for the property owners—who he says are mostly elderly and do not want to see their land seized. The potential pause has led to outcry from those who want to see the trail finished.

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