ATV proposed bill drawing controversy

ATLANTA- A proposed bill in the Georgia House would allow all-terrain vehicles, or ATVs, to travel on unpaved county roads, if the individual county allows it. <br> <br> That&#39;s drawing controversy from opponents who say Georgia forests have already sustained a million dollars worth of damage because of ATVs and four wheelers. <br> <br> The Atlanta Journal and Constitution reports that the proposed bill would give ATV riders access to 12-hundred miles of road in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest. <br> <br> Opponents include Roswell resident, Dan Bowden, who says he was almost mowed down by an ATV on the Appalachian trial. <br> <br> The bill has cleared committee and will now go to the Georgia House. <br> <br>

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