ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Transportation says all 488 communities wiped from this year's version of the state highway map - including several in northeast Georgia - will be restored.
DOT spokeswoman Vicki Gavalas says the department will provide the public with a map that reflects the historical significance of its many communities.
The towns were erased from the map after the transportation department decided it wanted a clearer, more legible version of the map to hand out for free at visitors centers and tourism hotspots.
The move led to an outcry among some small-town officials, who said it was an insult to rural residents.
It also prompted a response from the highest reaches of state government. Governor Perdue said in a letter to transportation officials released Wednesday that his office was deluged with calls from residents concerned about the map.
Carrie Hamblin, a transportation department spokeswoman, said the decision applies to both the large-print and regular text versions of the map. She said the maps are usually printed in the summer, but that the department is trying to get an earlier printing date.
DOT had said Dec. 14 it had decided to restore some of the places to the map. (See story link below.)
(AccessNorthGa.com's Ken Stanford contributed to this story.)
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