Oconee County To Move 2018 July 4 Fireworks Display

The Oconee County Parks and Recreation Department plans to move its July 4 fireworks display for 2018 to Epps Bridge Centre off Epps Bridge Parkway to accommodate construction of three new multi-purpose fields at Oconee Veterans Park.

No firm agreement has been made with the owner of the expanding Epps Bridge Centre on details of the move, according to County Administrator Justin Kirouac.

Lisa Davol, director of the Oconee County Parks and Recreation Department, said Frank Bishop, owner of the shopping center, has indicated the county can launch fireworks from Epps Bridge Centre Phase II, now, under construction, but other plans for the even have not been settled.

In recent years, the firework have been launched from the cleared area in Oconee Veterans Park where the multi-purpose fields are being built. That area is adjacent to existing sports fields.

According to Davol, moving the fireworks also is a response to the problem of traffic at Oconee Veterans Park, which has only one main entrance and exit on Hog Mountain Road and a secondary, limited entrance and exit onto Hodges Mill Road via Autry Road.

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Aerial photograph of Epps Bridge Centre Phases I and II by Chris Greer.