Commission allocates funds for handicap playground   06/10/12 - 12:03am

Columbia County commissioners approved additional funding on Tuesday for a playground for children with disabilities.

Site clearing has begun for the playground in a wooded area near two existing playgrounds behind the Columbia County Library in Evans.

David Sweet, a resident of the neighboring Northwood subdivision, complained that the playground infringes too far into a wooded buffer zone between his property and the library grounds, noting that the edge of the playground comes within 15 feet of his backyard fence.